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Originally Posted by swimmer_spe

Arguably, the single biggest problem is government financial support. Ignoring the Corridor service, the rest are set up such that they will never really generate more customers. For a simple example, the Sudbury - White River train does not connect to the Canadian, even though they are within 10-20 km of each other.

For the longer trains that are serving larger centres, like the Canadian and Ocean, they are nor run each day, which means they are harder to make work for use outside of vacationers.

An example for me is the Canadian. I'd love to hop on it on a Friday and go down to Toronto, and then hop on it to come home on a Sunday. So, car, bus or plane it is.

This is why I see a sliver of hope for Via. With a minority government focused on climate change, Via is a viable service to lower our carbon footprint.

The Canadian isn't intended to be a non tourist service though. Trying to make it one doesn't really achieve much while diminishing the primary purpose of that service. If there is a demand for other passenger rail in the places the Canadian runs, you'd be better off running separate trains (or buses).