Posted Aug 21, 2019, 1:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Urban_Sky
This suggests that if a seventh frequency was to be added between Montreal and Toronto, it would be at around 8pm. However, another problem is that day-time transit in Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto ends soon after midnight, which makes any arrival time after midnight highly unattractive, especially given the likelihood of a delayed arrival. This is a big problem on a route taking approximately 5 hours today (e.g. Montreal-Toronto), while it would still allow an 8pm departure on routes which have a travel time of less than 4 hours (e.g. Quebec-Montreal, Montreal-Ottawa or with HFR also: Ottawa-Toronto)...
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Of course both of these problems go away if VIA gets its own dedicated tracks (they can run trains whenever they want and aren't confined to the number of trains that CN will let them operate, and the likelihood of delays is greatly reduced). I know I am preaching to the choir though.
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