guavadelic
Active Member
When the news first broke about AC's involvement, government claimed they couldn't comment while the procurement process was still in progress. They need to provide specifics now about their involvement and any safeguards.
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VIA Rail
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Bordercollie
Senior Member
I doubt Air Canada and their share holders would approve of investing billions of dollars into HFR and then kill it. Money is money.
But if they lock in fares unfairly or prevent other carriers from using it when they have an outage or issue, then that would be an unfair advantage.
crs1026
Superstar
AC has not had to put up billions of dollars to join the consortium. Their investment is mostly knowledge work in the short term, possibly logistical facilities and data interfaces upon commissioning. But yes their Board likely had involvement in AC's decision to enter this project.
It starts sooner than that. AC will already likely have access to market research and studies within the VIA/JPO data room. Other air carriers do not have that access. AC will likely have input to the service design and possibly also the performance specs for the network. They will have a head start in aligning their offerings to the rail design. They may have opportunity to influence what market segments rail targets and which they avoid. They will have access to data that will inform pricing.
Possibly WJ, Porter, and others don't see value in any of that, and don't object to AC's involvement. But one wonders about the optics and the potential for lawsuits based on all that inside data and influence.
- Paul
Bordercollie
Senior Member
It might be a good thing. Give airlines a run for their money. Possible code sharing agreements with air travel and train travel.
guavadelic
Active Member
One positive aspect of ACs involvement is that it makes it very likely for both Pearson and Dorval to have direct connections to the new HSR.
micheal_can
Senior Member
Technically,after the current RT projects are complete, the main stations of all 3 of the major cities will have a connection to their airports.
Bordercollie
Senior Member
Not directly thou
ethan.l.cecc
Active Member
They are/will be:
Gare Centrale-YUL -- REM
Union-YYZ -- UP Express
Waterfront-YVR -- Canada Line (Pacific Central is indirectly connected via Main Street-Science World station on the Expo Line, but I'd say that Waterfront is the main station)
Only Ottawa's airport rail connection is indirect (doubly)
micheal_can
Senior Member
They may not have a 1 seat connection to their airports, but they are all connected with RT, and not just buses.
SkylineHorizons
Active Member
Yet another embarrassmet for VIA;
Toronto to Windsor Via Rail passengers rescued by workers on CN train after getting stuck on tracks.
Toronto to Windsor Via Rail passengers rescued by workers on CN train after getting stuck on tracks.
micheal_can
Senior Member
No word on what they mean by stuck.
smallspy
Senior Member
micheal_can
Senior Member
WTF?
No, seriously, how in the world does that actually happen?
smallspy
Senior Member
Simple. They kept running the locomotive until there was no more fuel left. And then it stopped on the tracks.
Dan
micheal_can
Senior Member
That is not what I mean.I know that part. What I do not understand is how it can happen.