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Originally Posted by jamesinclair
I know this isnt directly related, but are there any projects to improve transit between Montreal and Quebec?
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How long do you plan to ride public transit on one trip? It's 155 miles or 249 kilometers between Montreal and Quebec, 2 hours and 41 minutes driving in light traffic, or 2 hours and 52 minutes on a VIA train. The best most public transit trains do is average around 30 mph speeds with all the stops along the way, so public transit would easily take 5-6 hours to travel that distance.
Now that public transit is set aside, VIA is looking at adding more trains to the route by adding trains to another rail corridor. Surf to to read more about it.
https://corpo.viarail.ca/en/projects...frequency-rail
By using dedicated tracks and fewer station stops, the average speeds can be much higher than even the existing train service. That would actually be an improvement over more public transit between those two cities.