I for one am positively shocked at this development.
If they do passenger priority, that'll send me to the ER.
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Restore the glory days of Via Rail. We need to save resources when the American embargo hits.
Isn't it a lack of rails that's the problem, not a lack of rail cars? Passenger trains have to give way to cargo trains, and dedicated tracks are the solution.
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Oh what I’d do to have a nice and efficient train from Montreal to Vancouver. I’d take it instead of the plane for sure!
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Where are these cars going to be used? Ontario and Quebec only?
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Just a reminder that Canadian ownership of Bombardier's rail assets were lost because of the previous Trump administration sabotaging the C-Series on behalf of Boeing. We lost ownership of most of the C-Series program to the europeans likewise.
Then the same government still bought into the F-35 project as an appeasement, only to withdraw 10 years later.
I really hope the lesson was learned.
I hope the service improves along with the new hardware. I took a VIA rail train from Manitoba to Saskatchewan for what I wanted to be a day or two. I had to be in Saskatchewan for over 6 days just to get a VIA rail train back to Manitoba. When I was a lad in the 70's they used to run daily. It should be a service, just like the post office. Not yet another profit center. We have to stop thinking like american businessmen. Besides all that though...Go Canada!
Via did add new rail cars on Montreal Toronto route about 2-3 years ago. Lighting is ridiculously bright and can't be turned down. No obvious improvements.
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Now re-nationalize the rail system so passengers can get equal access to the rails.
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Choo chooooo
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