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Originally Posted by swimmer_spe
Another one to ponder is how will they double ridership, yet only add half as much as they currently are (10 current, 15 future) and expect the doubling? Are those new rolling stock going to fit that much more on them?
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First of all, the 10 trains a day was only for Ottawa-Toronto. Montreal-Toronto only had 7 trains a day and Montreal-Ottawa had only 6.
Secondly, after HFR, trains will continue to run along the Lakeshore to absorb the demand from those cities (and be optimized for them), allowing the HFR trains to primarily focus on demand between Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto.
Thirdly, the nice thing about trains is they don't have a fixed capacity. If demand increases, VIA can add additional cars to the trains. From what I have seen, on the corridor, the trains tend to range in length from 3 to 7 cars. I expect the HFR trains will tend to be on the longer end of that range (and could potentially have even more than 7 cars).
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