Edwin G. 

Canada’s auditor-general says VIA Rail needs to improve its service. Trains were on-time 30% of the time during the first quarter of 2025.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/03/16/via-rail-needs-to-improve-its-service-despite-solid-management-auditor-general/
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La vérificatrice générale du Canada dit que VIA Rail doit améliorer son service. Les trains étaient à l’heure 30% du temps pendant le premier trimestre de 2025.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2239654/train-via-rail-ponctualite-verificatrice-generale

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Via Rail 'needs to improve its service' despite solid management: auditor general

Via Rail needs to improve its service — punctuality, in particular — according to Canada’s auditor general, who nonetheless gave solid marks to the Crown corporation’s management practices. In a report, Karen Hogan said that over the past decade Via has failed to improve its on-time performance, which sank to a dismal 30 per cent […]

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Mar 16 at 11:38pmWeb
Show threadjavensbukan6d ago
@EdwinG CN 👀
Show threadChantaru6d ago
@EdwinG I so want to take the train but service is terrible. My bf regularly takes the train and it's always late... when they don't just stay stuck in the middle of a field.
Show threadEdwin G. 6d ago
@chantaryu2 They need to go onto their own network, instead of relying on legacy freight owners.
Show threadJamie :h2dlaser:  6d ago

@EdwinG I’m a bit lost here. “Management totally awesome no problems, but also their trains are late 70% of the time.”

So it’s the fault of who then?

Show threadYoung Thos6d ago
@jamie @EdwinG the freight rail companies that own the tracks and give their own traffic absolute priority
Show threadJamie :h2dlaser:  6d ago
@NeueWelle @EdwinG I could find that believable. Freight traffic is a problem that isn’t easy to get around.
Show threadYoung Thos6d ago
@jamie @EdwinG both literally and figuratively!
Show threadEdwin G. 6d ago

@NeueWelle @jamie Unfortunately, it’s CN’s fault.

VIA doesn’t own most of their network 😥

Show threadjavensbukan6d ago

@EdwinG Canadas rail legalisation is garbage, freight rail takes priority over all else, and CN/CP own all the track.

You can blame them for almost all delays.

I suppose the government is trying to get around this by building ALTO...buuuut that's not going to help VIA at all.