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VIA Canadian and the Canadians
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We did that trip, and it was the best train adventure to date. We traveled from Vancouver to Toronto and then continued on a different...
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Oh yeah, I forgot this: don’t schedule anything you wouldn‘t want to miss or would have to reschedule within 24 hours of arrival time...
Yesterday at 2:59 PM
Urban Sky
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My #1 advice to any night train travellers is to adjust their sleep schedule to maximize the daylight views on the scenery. Another one...
Monday at 7:18 PM
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Montreal-Ottawa/Toronto vs. Adirondack - winter reliability
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The Windsor - Quebec City corridor is, essentially, VIA’s equivalent of the Northeast Corridor while the Adirondack is probably the most...
Saturday at 4:11 PM
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In the memoirs of a British woman who worked with refugees up to 1939 in Prague for the Daily Herald charity, Canada was the easiest...
Nov 17, 2023
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Dark, cold, snow, Timmys, in other words the full Canadian Experience!
Nov 16, 2023
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Chicago-Detroit-Toronto service proposal with Amtrak/VIA connection in Windsor ON
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An across-the-platform transfer between trains - whether in Detroit or Windsor - is infinitely better than involving a bus at any point...
Nov 14, 2023
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I think those proposing a Thruway bus are suggesting one from Detroit Amtrak to Windsor VIA (and the reverse), not Detroit to Toronto...
Nov 14, 2023
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Good point! potential passengers much more likely to say "Great a train to Detroit" Toronto and other locations passengers saying...
Nov 14, 2023
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Fresh air breaks/being allowed off at Melville and Hornepayne is still permitted as of the first week of November. Will know about...
Nov 13, 2023
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Methinks he was tongue in the cheek referring to the two Germanies when it was divided before the Iron Curtain collapsed. Actually it...
Nov 11, 2023
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Given the amount of space that is potentially available at the Michigan Central Station, an alternative worth considering would be to...
Nov 11, 2023
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Nailed it. Sometimes we can't see the glass half-full. We can debate aspects of this proposal like station location or train frequency...
Nov 11, 2023
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You are right. The primary discussion in this thread is about what can practically be done in short order for relatively modest...
Nov 11, 2023
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This could make sense if service is vastly increased on both corridors (CHI-DET and DET-PNT), but with the current anemic service, the...
Nov 11, 2023
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