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Originally Posted by esquire
There are at least theoretical plans to eventually built a RT ROW through the station (it currently runs on the street in front of the station), but who knows when that will happen. Even if it did though, there would be next to nil connection activity between local transit and VIA Rail.
FWIW there is no magic to the Union Station name... it just refers to the fact that GTP, NTR and CNoR built the station together instead of building separate terminals (CPR had its own similarly-sized terminal on the northern edge of downtown Winnipeg - it still stands today but is no longer used by any railway). NP and GN used it as well when there was still rail service to the US. You could in principle have a small shed in the middle of nowhere where two railways meet and that could be a "union station" as well.
The fact that there is little service to Winnipeg's Union Station just reflects the decline in VIA's western services over the years. There are currently 8 trains a week coming and going on two routes. Contrast that with 1989 when there would have been at least 40 a week over four routes. Those numbers would go up significantly with each decade you go back.
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It would be nice to see some of those routes return. Maybe the government can use it as part of their environmental platform.
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Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue
So that’s why they’re called Union Stations.
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Did you not know that? Every "union station" is due to the desire to combine all services in an area to one station for better connectivity.
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Originally Posted by roger1818
That connection would likely be possible after HFR, but back in November you said:
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I m not against adding to the Corridor so much as I am on focusing our resources on it. I am surprised there is no early trains to meet the Canadian leaving so that it can grab potentially more customers.
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