RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115768059949620435

Meanwhile in Canada - customers might get a short run high-speed train between Ottawa and Montreal by sometime in the late 2030s, while the rest of the passenger rail service (such as it is) operates at speeds from the 1930s.
#canada #viarail #highspeedrail #canpoli

Just catching up on the latest #ViaRail fiasco. Good Gord. What a literal shit show.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/via-rail-toronto-ottawa-brockville-9.7011570

Our national railway is a global embarrassment. Canada is a transportation backwater.

#Transportation #Railway #Rail #VIARail #Canada #CanPoli #CdnPoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/via-rail-toronto-ottawa-brockville-9.7011570

VIA Rail passengers on train 669 between Montréal and Toronto got stranded in Brockville, Ontario  for over 12 hours after their train broke down

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/via-rail-toronto-ottawa-brockville-9.7011570
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Les passagers du train 669 de VIA Rail entre Montréal et Toronto se sont retrouvés coincés pendant plus de 12h à Brockville, Ontario  après que leur train est tombé en panne

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2213233/via-rail-train-retards-toronto-ottawa-brockville

#Brockville #VIARail

Ugh the 'stuck on a #ViaRail train' thing is such a part of my life. I can't count how many times it's happened to me over the decades. In my first 20-25yrs the train was a big piece of life in a railway town.

Cold waiting for a connecting train in Sudbury, with the train 12-14hrs late due to prairie weather.

Even more recently taking a 3hr train from Montreal, realizing I could've driven to MTL and back in the time we were stuck in the middle of nowhere. Double-ugh.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/via-rail-toronto-ottawa-brockville-9.7011570?cmp=rss

90 minutes from Ottawa to Dorval. 105 minutes to take the shuttle from Dorval to the airport.

#viarail #viafail

Via Rail is better than driving an automobile. Quieter, faster, more legroom, don't need to store it somewhere. But that's like the absolute bare minimum for a rail service. It needs to come as frequently as an automobile too. And have bicycle racks.

#viarail