VIA Rail

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Originally Posted by ssiguy

Even before COVID, trains were a hell of a lot more pleasurable than flying for short and mid range distances.

Believe it or not there was a time when people actually looked forward to flying. That was when you weren't crushed in like sardines, you got a meal even on the shortest of trips, pillows, no lineups or endless and painful security clearances, for intra-national flights you only had to be at the airport 30 to 45 minutes before departure not 3 hours, and you basically just walked on your flight after you get your boarding pass.

In the last 40 years we have seen so much or our lives change and technology has made our lives so much easier in so many ways but air travel sticks out as a glaring exception. Air travel has become nothing short of Chinese water torture.

Which is why we might be in the rebirth of traveling by train. Instead of thinking it has to compete with air, why not look at it as "can this be done in a day". That is why the Corridor works well, it can be traveled end to end in a day.