Thread: VIA Rail
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Old Posted Dec 5, 2019, 1:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue View Post
From what I’ve gathered from what most have been saying, VIA isn’t even making money on the Corridor...? Plus, unlike VIA, Metrolinx doesn’t have the mandate to serve remote area. If anything, it’s quite the opposite.

Edit: roger1818 had commented on similar topic in the rail thread in Ontario’s subforum, but I couldn’t find it now...
What would change? Metrolinx service is possible because they control the majority of tracks they’re operating on. If they took over the same lines from Via they would run into the same issues. Not to mention have to buy an entire fleet of trains because you cant run commuter trains over those kind of distances.
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