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Thank you @smallspy and @Urban Sky for the thoughtful replies above. On connections, I did comingle this with 'crossings' meaning...

While not either of the above, I feel like I can offer some perspective here. Question 1 - While I think that sorting the current...

Thanks! I made that timetable archive and database so that nobody else has to collect and dive through these timetables to make any such...

Indeed, the number of Toronto-Ottawa slots is capped at the 10 trains per direction and day VIA operated pre-Covid and with the...

And usually going downtown to downtown. I'm a train person so the trade-offs are easy for me, but having that more direct linkage is...

A trip of 450 km is rarely going to be quicker taking a train vs flying, even with the time it takes to go to the airport and get...

The reality of cracks in LRC cars leading to end of life has been acknowledged for years. If some cars have reached end of life...

Ottawa-Toronto is not just CN and Metrolinx slots but CP as well (Smiths Falls). My understanding is that adding 641 maxed out VIA's...

YTZ is air travel at its best, and sure it happens, but your (enviable) anecdotes prove an important point about frequency versus speed...

Indeed, there is no shortage of provincial rail infrastructure projects where the federal government could chip in to unlock using them...

I‘m not sure how anyone could be surprised by Ontario‘s government being supportive of ALTO, given that this project seems to proceed...

It's also 30km to Belleville VIA, which is not a long distance in that part of the world.

That's amazing. Do you live in the Sheraton Hotel at T3?

Well. This morning I was able to leave Toronto at 7 and be in Ottawa by 8:15. Taking the train would have had me arrive around 11am. Or...

Provided that you are able to work on the train and are a bit flexible in your time, I don’t understand why anyone would chose the plane...