nfitz
Superstar
I disagree. It's going the opposite way. Assigned seating? Showing identification to board?
You can't even jump on a train anymore after the train has started to move. The conductor used to give you a hand to get up and in.
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VIA Rail
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You can't even jump on a train anymore after the train has started to move. The conductor used to give you a hand to get up and in.
cplchanb
Senior Member
But we're not talking about freight rail now are we?
lenaitch
Senior Member
And of course no one today would sue the conductor, railway, government and others, should something go wrong in that process.
We don't need to increase capacity, we just need to legalize this:
dowlingm
Senior Member
Today’s 75 hasn’t even left Toronto yet (1900 vs 1722). If 65 is late, 75 is gonna be.
In Japan doesn’t the train operator usually own the tracks? That would make it easier than the current CN/VIA relationship
EDIT: 75 finally left at around 1935
EDIT 2: I looked away from the tracker as it was doing ~120km/h around Humber Bay and when I looked back again the train was doing 16km/h just around Kipling (so the west exit from TMC) and then accelerated back up to speed. There’s no chance they did a quickie crew change on the main at TMC, right??
Final edit: okay ignore the above, it did the same west of Port Credit so presumably it is stuck behind something slower ahead and hitting restrictive signals
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Urban Sky
Senior Member
I‘m not impressed by rail systems which favor one type of rail transport while severely neglecting or outrightly ignoring the other, regardless of whether that cuts against passenger rail (like in North America and Australia) or freight rail (like in Japan and France). The real art is to allow both to thrive and that is where Switzerland and Austria excel…
micheal_can
Senior Member
Air Passenger Protection Regulations – learn what they mean for you! - Travel Industry Council of Ontario Blog
In 2019, the federal government rolled out the Air Passenger Protection Regulations (APPR), which apply to flights to, from and within Canada. As of September 8, 2022, the protections were expanded. Before this date, the APPR required refunds to be provided for flight disruptions within the...
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Air carriers have to compensate passengers if they are late. Does Via even have a similar policy? If not, would it change anything? ... probably not.
Bordercollie
Senior Member
Late train in the Quebec-Windsor Corridor:Air Passenger Protection Regulations – learn what they mean for you! - Travel Industry Council of Ontario Blog
In 2019, the federal government rolled out the Air Passenger Protection Regulations (APPR), which apply to flights to, from and within Canada. As of September 8, 2022, the protections were expanded. Before this date, the APPR required refunds to be provided for flight disruptions within the...www.tico.ca
Air carriers have to compensate passengers if they are late. Does Via even have a similar policy? If not, would it change anything? ... probably not.
- Delay over an hour and under four hours: 50%
- Delay of four hours or more: 100%
- Train replacement with an alternate mode of transportation: 50%
- Re-accommodation onto another train departing at a different time: 50%
Compensation is applicable only if you are informed of the disruption after 6:00 PM (ET) the day prior to the departure of your train, the day of your departure or during your trip.
cplchanb
Senior Member
To their credit, they will honor the credit and compensation unlike air Canada who would go as far as suing the passenger in order to escape compensation for their mistakes
dowlingm
Senior Member
I saw someone posting on social that 65 was delayed due to heat-related restrictions. So this would likely be force majeure, as opposed to the rest of what's been going on
Mihairokov
Senior Member
A small note: I believe there is slight leeway on the hour late, so that if your train is ~50 minutes late it may be worth looking for credit. They always require calling in anyway, which is a hassle, but FYI.
smallspy
Senior Member
That used to be the case before everything that has gone on with CN neutering the Siemens sets began and caused VIA's On-Time Performance metrics to crater.. I was on a trip that was 56 minutes late and they would not give me a credit for it.
Dan
nfitz
Superstar
Wow! Didn't it used to be for 15 or 20 minutes late for the 50% when they first introduced it? Or perhaps I'm mis-remembering.
micheal_can
Senior Member
I have been late over an hour a few times on the Corridor. Never offered it.Now that I know it,I will start taking advantage of it. Maybe if enough of us do it they will try to do something so that the scheduled time is the arrival time. Whether that is a renegotiated CN contract,or whether that is a change in their schedule.
Dan416
Senior Member
I'm on train 69 right now and it's almost 1 h 30 min delayed. We were supposed to reach Toronto at 9:48 pm and current ETA is 11:23 pm. We were crawling at 49 km/h for a good chunk of the first hour or so.
nfitz
Superstar
Situation normal then ...