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 I kind of understand why america doesn't have bullet trains (they went full retard: never go full retard). But how the hell Canada doesn't have a Quebec-Montreal-Toronto bullet train line??
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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/DLqj7iNygSZthe line exists. the schedule exists. they've agreed not to discuss this.
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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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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...
