Daily train service in Canada.
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Daily train service in Canada. For clarity, the operative word here is DAILY. The lines exist but there is no longer a daily service.
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https://www.threads.com/@uptheroader/post/DLqj7iNygSZ@infobeautiful wow… if they have the rails on the ground, it is pity not to use them as much as possible
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Daily train service in Canada. For clarity, the operative word here is DAILY. The lines exist but there is no longer a daily service.
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https://www.threads.com/@uptheroader/post/DLqj7iNygSZ@infobeautiful there's a show called Race Across the World (similar to The Amazing Race but much less about competition, more about character, budget and the joy of travel).
One series was Canada coast-to-coast and the country came across really well. Except that this rich country had almost no public transport.
The other countries on the show, aside from Mongolia (where roads weren't a given!) most routes had bus or train connections. Canada was basically all hitchhiking and ride-shares!
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Daily train service in Canada. For clarity, the operative word here is DAILY. The lines exist but there is no longer a daily service.
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https://www.threads.com/@uptheroader/post/DLqj7iNygSZ@infobeautiful and no more Greyhound
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Daily train service in Canada. For clarity, the operative word here is DAILY. The lines exist but there is no longer a daily service.
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https://www.threads.com/@uptheroader/post/DLqj7iNygSZ@infobeautiful Damn, and I thought nothing could be worse than Amtrak's service cuts
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Daily train service in Canada. For clarity, the operative word here is DAILY. The lines exist but there is no longer a daily service.
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https://www.threads.com/@uptheroader/post/DLqj7iNygSZ@infobeautiful
Same in the Netherlands: a lot of track has disappeared over the years. This is all that’s left (with an every ten minute schedule on the main lines) -
@infobeautiful wow… if they have the rails on the ground, it is pity not to use them as much as possible
@babaq @infobeautiful I just looked into it, as I have to get from Toronto to Vancouver at some point. Trains run twice a week, take 4 days (!) and cost over CA$500 for a seat, CA$3,500 for a sleeper.
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@infobeautiful
Same in the Netherlands: a lot of track has disappeared over the years. This is all that’s left (with an every ten minute schedule on the main lines)@sjaakkeuvelaar @infobeautiful that's so sad what happened to poor Netherlandians.
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@sjaakkeuvelaar @infobeautiful that's so sad what happened to poor Netherlandians.
@fataqe @infobeautiful
I know! Yesterday changing trains even cost me 17 minutes extra! Plus shrink costs of course, for the caused ptss. -
Daily train service in Canada. For clarity, the operative word here is DAILY. The lines exist but there is no longer a daily service.
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https://www.threads.com/@uptheroader/post/DLqj7iNygSZ@infobeautiful Um. Just to be sure: you really mean daily? Not hourly?
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@fataqe @infobeautiful
I know! Yesterday changing trains even cost me 17 minutes extra! Plus shrink costs of course, for the caused ptss.@sjaakkeuvelaar @infobeautiful the shrink is not covered by insurance in the wonderful state of Netherland?
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@infobeautiful Um. Just to be sure: you really mean daily? Not hourly?
@yncke
I was confused too but Canada is huge I gues.
Coast to coast by train is like a week or something.Compared to Europe you have to call the orient express I think.
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Daily train service in Canada. For clarity, the operative word here is DAILY. The lines exist but there is no longer a daily service.
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https://www.threads.com/@uptheroader/post/DLqj7iNygSZ@infobeautiful we should be so ashamed of ourselves.
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Daily train service in Canada. For clarity, the operative word here is DAILY. The lines exist but there is no longer a daily service.
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https://www.threads.com/@uptheroader/post/DLqj7iNygSZ@infobeautiful@vis.social @uptheroader@vis.social I'm pretty sure there's a daily Montreal->Kingston link (not going through Ottawa) -
@infobeautiful wow… if they have the rails on the ground, it is pity not to use them as much as possible
@babaq @infobeautiful oh they are used… by freight trains and there’s no law requiring freight to yield so the passenger trains are delayed
i think VIA Rail’s on time performance is like 30%
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@infobeautiful we should be so ashamed of ourselves.
@theynege @infobeautiful The state of our national rail truly is an embarrassment -
@babaq @infobeautiful I just looked into it, as I have to get from Toronto to Vancouver at some point. Trains run twice a week, take 4 days (!) and cost over CA$500 for a seat, CA$3,500 for a sleeper.
@rupert I feel your pain… it's the same story in Europe, flying is not only faster but also cheaper (among the others, not all externalities are included in flight ticket prices)
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@sjaakkeuvelaar @infobeautiful the shrink is not covered by insurance in the wonderful state of Netherland?
@fataqe @infobeautiful
I think it is. -
@babaq @infobeautiful I just looked into it, as I have to get from Toronto to Vancouver at some point. Trains run twice a week, take 4 days (!) and cost over CA$500 for a seat, CA$3,500 for a sleeper.
@rupert @babaq @infobeautiful sleeper is recommended because you will have a berth, three meals a day and stopover in Capreol on when the attendants want to. In tronno you have access to lounge.. i would still prefer half the price. Mmhhh.. the domes are social hubs.. Better than former ICE3 seats...
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@yncke
I was confused too but Canada is huge I gues.
Coast to coast by train is like a week or something.Compared to Europe you have to call the orient express I think.
@infobeautiful@deusfigendi @yncke @infobeautiful Canada has something people love to talk about. austria would like to have something like this. australia pays even more to journey beyond... the Canadian feels like an orient express... 71 year old cars, queenslanders, Germans, Canadians and entire Altersheims....
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Daily train service in Canada. For clarity, the operative word here is DAILY. The lines exist but there is no longer a daily service.
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https://www.threads.com/@uptheroader/post/DLqj7iNygSZ@infobeautiful so what happened to the trains? No demand? Too expensive to run? Snow on the lines?
