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Originally Posted by ghYHZ
The Durmmondville Sub......the route the Ocean currently follows is fast and it takes 3 1/2 hrs between Ste-Foy and Montreal (corridor trains can do it in 2 3/4 hrs)
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Originally Posted by swimmer_spe
First off, why can the Corridor trains do it faster?
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The Ocean can have 20 cars in the summer and due to that length may have to make two or possibly three stops at each station to unload passengers and their baggage. For shorter corridor trains it's usually just a momentary pause at stations......and no baggage car.
And for instance......the westbound Ocean must back out of Ste-Foy across the Quebec Bridge and when it reaches Charny it has to continue backing through a wye track into Joffre Yard before it can head forward to West Jct and Montreal. All time consuming.
But a corridor train just departs Ste-Foy.....crosses the Quebec Bridge...passes through Charny to West Jct and is on the way to Montreal.
And here's my post with photos on backing the Ocean....
https://www.amtraktrains.com/threads/backing-the-ocean-from-sainte-foy-to-joffre.77199/
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