Via postpones Montreal-Toronto pilot
Via Rail was planning nonstop express trains between Toronto and Montreal, a test of which was to start Monday. But it has been postponed over operational constraints with CN.
The Ontario towns that would be skipped by the express were not best pleased with the plan.
bob 18:00 on 2025-09-29 Permalink
TIL that Kingston has more than five Via trains a day.
TIalsoL that Kingston currently is served by 22-25 trains per day. And five fewer will be “devastating”?
Anyways, this option will remain very unlikely while the same lines are used for freight. We need an actual TGV, not another half-assed, temporary semi-solution, and it could easily bypass the problematic areas by going from Toronto to Ottawa to Montreal.
Ian 19:56 on 2025-09-29 Permalink
If Kingston can’t survive with 17 trains pity poor Belleville lol