The big difference with the Maple Leaf is there is a crew Change in Niagara Falls, and it is operated by VIA Rail employees to/from Toronto. I doubt if Amtrak would want to do a crew change in Windsor to have all of VIA Rail's trains to Detroit operated by Amtrak employees for one stop so that...

As is Fallowfield (it isn't even close to the edge of the city limits). Hear is a fun map showing how the City of Ottawa is larger than the Cities of Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton, combined (thanks Mike Harris). Maybe not used in Toronto or Montreal, but in Ottawa's west...

The point would be to do customs and immigration in Detroit, not to have people get off the train in Windsor. There is a first time for everything. There is significant cost to operating a pre-clearance facility, especially if the location is far enough from the boarder that the agents need...

That certainly is another option. I was thinking that the Pontiac extension (along with other routes) would be better served by more of a Regional or Commuter rail type service so that the schedule could be decoupled from the Wolverine. Not a surprise though that Motor City doesn't have good...

That was my understanding as well, though I agree that some did seem confused. That is why I suggested that the best option would be to have all Wolverine (and VIA Western corridor) trains terminate at Michigan Central, and a new train run from Michigan Central to Pontiac (and beyond?). I...

It really depends on your definition of Regional Rail. In North America it tends to be synonymous with Commuter Rail, but in Europe, it has longer distances between stops than commuter rail. Those destinations would only make sense with the latter definition. I made a map showing approximate...

Huh? No one is suggesting having 2 separate trains with a deadhead. Amtrak is suggesting they transport everyone to and from Windsor. I am suggesting that having VIA transport everyone to and from Detroit would make more sense.

I would argue that the name Bonaventure also ignores Gare Central in it's name. Of course the history is when Bonaventure station was built, it served two train stations (Gare Central and Windsor Station), but it would be easy enough to add a suffix to the name today (for example "Bonaventure -...

To be fair, the "silly" part is having the transfer in Windsor. Detroit is a far more significant destination, so having to transfer just to travel 1 stop on the Wolverine doesn't make sense. Michigan Central needs to be upgraded anyway, so why not add the customs facilities there. One of the...

This whole discussion about the O-Train VIA Rail Station name could also apply to Montreal's Metro. For someone trying to get to Gare Central using STM's official PDF Metro Map. The only indication that you need to use Boneventure Station is a tiny icon, similar to OC Transpo's map, though OC...

Because the perfect place to run high speed trains that don’t stop, is through density populated neighbourhoods, where you maximize the number of crossings that need to be grade separated.

Not sure what app you are using, or options you have selected, but here is what I get. Not a massive amount of traffic, but not the barren wasteland your map shows.

Certainly the politicians like to call it an LRT because of the small town attituded within this city. Just because you paint an orange red, it doesn't become an apple, regardless of how much you beleive oranges are extravegent and apples are more trendy. Thank you for the definition. In...

It is only 132 km from Union to Niagara Falls, which is very short for an inter-city service. Having GO take over the service and operate it as a regional rail service makes a lot of sense. As for Sarnia, it is a 95 km branch from the main Toronto-London-Windsor route. With a CA population of...

The link you provided was for the southern extension of the original Trillium Line (Line 2), which is under construction and expected to open later this year. None of the stations on Line 2 serve either of Ottawa's VIA Rail stations, though it does cross VIA Rail's track, which will be grade...

I would be very curios to hear a ball park on how many people boarded at Ottawa, Fallowfield, Smiths Falls and Brockville. Also, what day of the week was it?

I wouldn't make that assumption. The development could be planning on using the existing tunnel to the VIA Rail Station. That could explain VIA Rail's concerns.

Possible, but HxR will hurt Porter far more than it will hurt AC and Porter is filling the hole left behind by AC's strategy of funneling almost all travelers through Star Aliance hubs by offering direct flights from YOW that AC would rather have people connect in YUL or YYZ. As a result AC is...

Nothing new, but an interesting interview with Martin Imbleau about HxR. https://www.ipolitics.ca/news/high-speed-rail-between-toronto-and-quebec-city-likely-still-more-than-a-decade-away-says-ceo I thought the following comment interesting:

I guess it depends on your definition of "knowingly allow" but this video is an interesting case of people knowing that the bridge was unsafe, but not doing anything about it (granted it wasn't a rail bridge).