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Originally Posted by roger1818
Further on the Lakeshore route, I was reading VIA Rail's 2017 ANNUAL PUBLIC MEETING – QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS and read something interesting:
Certainly makes a lot of sense. The only thing I don't understand is how one could conveniently get from Cornwall to Toronto via Smiths Falls. Presumably trains to Cornwall would go to Kingston and Montreal, not Smiths Falls. |
Will there be any speed advantage to send some trains via Montreal-Brockville-Smiths Falls- Peterborough-Toronto?
I expect that the VIA owned track between Smith's Falls and Brockville will not be as heavily used if most Ottawa trains are moved to the new route via Peterborough. I could see the number of trains from Ottawa going via the Lakeshore route to be cut possibly in half. The extra capacity may be re-purposed.