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Originally Posted by esquire
On the list of issues triggering western alienation, the lack of passenger rail service would have to be somewhere around page 20.
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I absolutely agree. Using VIA to negate supposed Western Alienation is exactly what VIA shouldn't be doing and is one of the main reasons VIA is in the shape it's in.
VIA should, under no scenario, be governed with politics in mind which unfortunately it is. Politics is why we have rail service to every corner of the country regardless of financial or economic considerations. There are only 2 places were any rail service can be justified...…..Calgary/Edmonton and The Corridor. Unfortunately, due to politics, those areas are starved of funds so we can spend all our tax dollars on service to Prince Rupert and Churchill.
ALL routes outside those 2 corridors should be completely axed and buses should be used which not only would make far more financial sense but also provide far superior service to many more people. The only exceptions that MAY be justified is running the Canadian and Atlantic routes in the high tourism summer. Due to politics, VIA is forced to provide some service to most Canadians and the result is that no one gets served well.