jamesontheroad
OBS Chief
Here's a little hypothetical trip for you... I like the VIA Rail 'Canadian' (more so than most Amtrak LD trains in fact) but as it's pitched for tourists it's a little pricey, and does spend rather a lot of time passing through monotonous forests and lakes of northern Ontario. A lot of locals I speak to (here in Montréal) say they'd love to travel to Vancouver by train, but it's just too pricey.
But if you don't mind taking ten hours more, you can save $$$ riding Toronto - Vancouver, BC by Amtrak instead of VIA Rail...
dep. TWO 08:30 train # 64
arr. BUF 12:55
dep. BUF 23:30 train # 49
arr. CHI 09:05
dep. CHI 14:15 train # 7
arr. SEA 10:20 (two days later)
dep. SEA 13:15 bus 8900
arr. VAC 17:00
For a test booking in November the cheapest available adult fare (low season Comfort Supersaver) on VIA Rail is CAD $439.90 (about USD $387). On Amtrak (as above) it's USD $204, about $180 less
Has anyone done this route? Amtrak.com can't price TWO-VAC as a through connection, even though it exists without any station layovers. Is this out of politeness to VIA Rail?
*j* :blink:
But if you don't mind taking ten hours more, you can save $$$ riding Toronto - Vancouver, BC by Amtrak instead of VIA Rail...
dep. TWO 08:30 train # 64
arr. BUF 12:55
dep. BUF 23:30 train # 49
arr. CHI 09:05
dep. CHI 14:15 train # 7
arr. SEA 10:20 (two days later)
dep. SEA 13:15 bus 8900
arr. VAC 17:00
For a test booking in November the cheapest available adult fare (low season Comfort Supersaver) on VIA Rail is CAD $439.90 (about USD $387). On Amtrak (as above) it's USD $204, about $180 less
Has anyone done this route? Amtrak.com can't price TWO-VAC as a through connection, even though it exists without any station layovers. Is this out of politeness to VIA Rail?
*j* :blink: