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Indeed, the (inofficial) timetable preview at Fernbahn.de shows these trains as ICE 9558 and ICE 9561, which obviously makes more sense than training maintenance staff at Berlin-Rummelsburg to deal with a TGV… Below the (tentative) timings: Given that Frankfurt-Paris operates with a headway...

Whatever inconveniences one perceives in having to deal with a foreign currency don’t disappear by insisting on tipping someone in your (rather than: his) own currency. You are just turning your problem into that of an often low-paid, over-worked and only seasonally employed worker. In my...

The OBS are based in Vancouver and Winnipeg (not: Toronto), with the former operating only West of Winnipeg (Winnipeg crews operate in both directions).

There is always the possibility that your train get's more than 80 minutes late and you miss your connection, but as you see, it doesn't seem to be likely. I would therefore most probably stick to #65-75:

How do you tell a client who wants to show his gratitude for the services he received that you'd rather receive them in your local currency rather than in one which will inevitably cause you major hassles before you can convert it in anything useful? ... Exactly, you don't, because that would be...

You can look up the actual arrival times of any VIA train in the last 6 or so months by modifying the train number and date stamp in the URL below: https://reservia.viarail.ca/tsi/GetTrainStatus.aspx?l=en&TsiCCode=VIA&TsiTrainNumber=76&TrainInstanceDate=2022-06-10 Looking at your available...

Even though we are only 30 or so miles from your border, I would reckon that tipping in American Dollars is as appreciated here in Montreal as tipping in Canadian Dollars (or Mexican Pesos) would be in Texas. I don’t understand why so many Americans seem to believe that people elsewhere all have...

You literally were three mouse-clicks away from discovering what VIA's replacement plan is: #1: Return to the "VIA Rail Canada Discussion" Sub-forum #2: Select the appropriate thread #3: Scroll down to the 3rd post Answer: They are preparing a Business Case and consulting potential...

Both (return of diner and of dome access) is confirmed here as already in force: https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/vias-canadian-restores-dome-access-will-add-second-round-trip-in-april/

Nobody forces you to use that toilet: when I traveled in a Viewliner I Roomette, I rather walked to the washroom next coach than using the awkward toilet next to my pillow…

„Sleeper Plus“ is a catch-all term for all Sleeper accommodation types which are not Prestige Class. What you describe appears to be a „Cabin for 1“. Other „Sleeper Plus“ accommodation types include „Upper Berths“, „Lower Berths“ and „Cabins for 2“ (the latter being similar to a „Bedroom“ on...

Quebec-Montreal via Trois-Rivières and Toronto-Peterborough-Havelock were two of the services cut in 1990 which would be revived through HFR. Montreal-Sherbrooke is the only other Corridor route axed in 1990, but Sherbrooke is nowhere near the HFR route…

I would still call VIA…

Rather coincidentally, I've seen that train #51 has been stopping at Port Hope since February 4, which restores the weekday westbound stop in Port Hope (but not Napanee): Also, frequencies will increase again, as of March 1: https://groups.io/g/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/93377

No worries, there are also Canadians familiar with the area who seem to agree with what you are saying: https://groups.io/g/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/message/93302?p=%2C%2C%2C20%2C0%2C0%2C0%3A%3ACreated%2C%2CNapanee%2C20%2C2%2C0%2C88405185

If anything, it's an anti-bus attitude, because as much as I prefer trains and would love to explore every corner of this country by rail, as a taxpayer I'm realistic enough to concede that buses offer much better value-for-money, except where you have to transport very high passenger loads, and...

Both, Ontario Northland Motor Coach Services and Air Canada, link the terminal cities of both services, Winnipeg and Sudbury, with Toronto. I know this is a forum for rail fans, but other modes than rail and car do exist, even here in "Tsarist" Canada...

Whereas I do agree with the rest of your post, I am struggling to understand how you imagine running Sudbury-White River with anything else than the RDCs: Given that a) there remains only one place in Canada which maintains expertise in how to maintain RDCs and that happens to be located in...

What exactly should VIA (on behalf of the federal government) be doing in your opinion? Cutting the last remaining weekly (as in once every seven days) service to communities without road access, just because the demand is currently not there to offer the cities along the Quebec-Windsor corridor...

Service Pre-pandemic Ramp-down Ramp-up MTRL-HLFX (Ocean) 3 times per week suspended on 2020-03-13 once per week as of 2021-08-11 2 times per week as of 2021-12-08 MTRL-HERV-JONQ/SENN 3 times per week once per week, as of 2020-03-23 TRTO-WNPG-VCVR (Canadian) 2 times per week (3 times per...