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Looks like some people from VIA have been reading the UT forums I’ve written about this several times.
Looks like some people from VIA have been reading the UT forums I’ve written about this several times.
This is great news. But a true seamless experience would be allowing the Train de Charlevoix to enter the Palais Station by Old Quebec.
A great step in the right direction nevertheless.
Hey VIA Rail employees, please look into running a night train from Toronto to Quebec City. This would be great for ski trips in the winter, vacations to Toronto, tour groups from overseas who fly into Toronto, and weekend getaways.
Have the train leave at around 10pm, a stopover/crew change in Montreal (and or Ottawa) and arrive in Quebec at 8am.
https://cptdb.ca/profile/4576-webfil/content/?type=forums_topic_post&page=12[...]Le Massif's regional rail transit serving Charlevoix is looking forward to expand to Québec, and Côte-de-Beaupré wants its share of the deal. (Réseau Charlevoix; wiki). I'd be awfully excited if the german-built cutie-pie DMUs were to serve the capital. However, I hardly see how is that possible, as the speed limits west of Montmorency falls are pretty weak and ssss llllllll ooooo wwww, and Gare du Palais station has high platforms only ― although passenger movements just out of the station would not be impossible.
Oh I know about @Urban Sky , but I'm addressing the lurkers who visit this thread...We do have people from VIA on our forums, @Urban Sky is an example!
The bigger issue is the temporal separation, a consequence of the non-compliance of their ex-DB BR 628 with FRA regulations. There is not much use in sharing a station if you can't operate at the same time...^I think there's a regulatory issue nothing to do with VIA on this, is there not? Platform height?
You seem to assume that there is an abundance of slots (provided by the host railways) and fleet...Hey VIA Rail employees, please look into running a night train from Toronto to Quebec City. This would be great for ski trips in the winter, vacations to Toronto, tour groups from overseas who fly into Toronto, and weekend getaways.
Have the train leave at around 10pm, a stopover/crew change in Montreal (and or Ottawa) and arrive in Quebec at 8am.
Night trains are pointless in the age of AirBnB and low cost carriers. Europe is proving that. There are some rough exception where they make sense in Canada. Ocean and Canadian make sense. In the Corridor? Not at all. Every penny should be spent on making service faster and more comfortable. If we had HFR and it only took you 6 hrs to get from Toronto to Quebec City, almost nobody would be springing for a sleeper train. They'd just want a 5 am departure from Union so they could reach Quebec City for lunch.
I tend to agree, but bear in mind that a lack of sleeper service doesn't mean there shouldn't be an "overnight" service leaving at whatever hour of the morning allows for an arrival in time for a business day at the destination. We don't actually have that now.
Perhaps we can compromise, and society will let me put both your pets and my kids in cages out in public.Not to offend any parents on this forum, but I would infinitely prefer pets on the train to children ages 0-14.
I tend to agree, but bear in mind that a lack of sleeper service doesn't mean there shouldn't be an "overnight" service leaving at whatever hour of the morning allows for an arrival in time for a business day at the destination. We don't actually have that now.
I'd actually be even more supportive of running a dome car once a day on weekends over the HFR line, for those wanting a more scenic experience, for a premium cost of course. Most likely not possible with the new fleet however, and more of a fantasy idea.