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Originally Posted by Truenorth00
In theory. In reality, how many people are actually choosing to spend over 24 hrs on a train from Toronto to Halifax? Or just generally half a day from Toronto to the Maritimes? And of these people, who is it, that would completely reconsider if they have to transfer in Montreal? This is getting into the same logic as transit developments that insist on convoluted routings or extensions to avoid transfers. At some point, you need to break the trip to ensure that there's sufficient logistics capabilities, schedule buffers, etc. Montreal is a reasonably logical terminus for the Ocean and is well fed by Corridor services for the rare person that insist on using a train to get from deep in Ontario to the Maritimes.
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I've already stated who the customers would be.
1) - foreign tourists wanting to see the full breadth of the country.
2) - rail enthusiasts.
3) - severe aerophobes
4) - senior citizens who want a more relaxed means of seeing the country (air terminals can be very intimidating).
Most competent people would rather fly, and get to their destination more quickly, but there is a subset of society who would rather just take the train. This should remain an option (and not just in the QC-Windsor corridor).
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