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VIA Rail
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Admiral Beez
Superstar
Took VIA from Union to Ottawa on Friday, with return yesterday. Friday’s 6:30 am train left on time, but its run was delayed an hour due to a freight train being in front, limiting us to 55 kph from about Belleville to Kingston. We didn’t mind too much, as the new Siemens cars are comfy, we were both deep into our books and our check-in at the Chateau was not until past 1pm. The return train on Sunday, also a new set was not delayed, arriving in Toronto right on time at 9:20 pm, but man it was a rough ride. At anything over 130 kph the car shook like mad. On the plus side, the O-Train connection to the Ottawa station (and exiting right outside our hotel at Rideau) was very convenient.
cplchanb
Senior Member
Shocked that your return trip was on time.... maybe a flat wheel in your car?
Trackside_Treasure
Active Member
VIA tracker says No 647 was 11 minutes late into Toronto Union last night. I call this arrival a 'speedster' because among various online factors and station stops, and even with CN Permanent Slow Orders at crossings for Siemens, this decent OTP is still achievable.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
True, but given my prior experience on VIA, 11 min late is on time by my book.
Trackside_Treasure
Active Member
Absolutely! Mine, too - 'what passes for OT'!
Bordercollie
Senior Member
Ozark Mountain Railcar
Ozark Mountain Railcar || Budd Rail Diesel Car #2002
ozarkmountainrailcar.com
They are in running condition.... could be used as spares?
micheal_can
Senior Member
Does Via have the budget allocated to get them?Ozark Mountain Railcar
Ozark Mountain Railcar || Budd Rail Diesel Car #2002
They are in running condition.... could be used as spares?
Bordercollie
Senior Member
They looked at these before and they got out bid. You would need to spend money on getting them up to VIA standard, but by cannibalizing the LRC seats at least they wouldn't need to spend money on that. They made need a mechanical overhaul. When they were in service they smoked a lot.
But once the snow inhaling probably goes away they could spare an F40 and two Budd coaches and use the baggage car as a cab car. They should have the baggage cars that were used in the corridor before COVID. Could they not use those?
micheal_can
Senior Member
With the issues on the Corridor, one would think they have nothing to spare.
Trackside_Treasure
Active Member
As of yesterday, for Venture-equipped trains,
Average non-J Ottawa-Toronto OTP = 16 minutes late.
Average non-J Montreal-Toronto OTP = 22 minutes late.
The best Monday OTP since mid-November!
cplchanb
Senior Member
ohhh... you got my hopes up for a minute....sad and ashamed that our standards are so low that 11 minutes is considered on time... anywhere else overseas especially in Japan this would be unacceptable
cplchanb
Senior Member
dude are we that ghetto that we would have to scrounge for dinosaur relic parts just to keep our ancient fleets going...they belong in museums!
on another note, the via historical society should grab these if they have the funds to:
Mihairokov
Senior Member
It would be viewed as acceptable, or at least equivalent, to trains in Germany, Italy, Portugal...
I encourage everyone here to see the departures board from Guangzhou South Station from this past week for Chinese New Year migration, or the headway times for trains running Shanghai-Beijing.
cplchanb
Senior Member
https://chuuchuu.com/2025wrapped
more info here.
as for china i would say that is the exception not the norm. statistics have shown a consistent high 90%s on time performance. Regardless even 80% on time performance considering just how many orders of magnitude larger their network and passenger load is to ours is already worlds better.
we cant even keep 1 line on time let alone 2 dozen simultaneously.