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It should still be a mix, but VIA usually loads the HEP sleeper inventories only into their reservation system once the Renaissance sleepers start to fill up…

Except for exceptional circumstances, there always is a Skyline car next to each diner, i.e. in addition to the Skyline car reserved for Economy Class passengers and the Park car shared with Prestige Class passengers…

…which doesn’t hurt anyone…

One just has to look at this picture of the 1986 Hinton collision to understand the merit of being as far away from the train in the (admittedly unlikely) event of a head-on collision: There was one coach, one baggage car and two locomotives in front of that Skyline car…

My understanding is that the Renaissance cars used on the Corridor can probably last until all 32 new trainsets have been delivered. VIA doesn‘t have that kind of luxury with the LRC fleet…

I don't know what you are looking at, but these are the connections I see offered for Ottawa=>Sarnia this Monday... ... and for Sarnia=>Ottawa this Tuesday:

Transport Canada has made more than clear that the LRC cars won’t have any kind of second life after its Corridor deployment - neither at VIA nor any tourist railway. They already have to get retired progressively as we speak and independently of the question whether the delivery of the new...

A Cabin for 1 is just a seat to sit (at day) and a bed to sleep (at night). A Cabin for 2 is at day a comfortable lounge for two, but I wouldn’t know where to seat the third person. Maybe two adjacent Cabins for 2 would be an option for you, as the dividing wall can be removed? Check out the...

CTV News: Canada dropping travel mask mandate and ending COVID-19 border and quarantine restrictions Effective October 1:

As reported elsewhere, “The Friday departure delay was caused by a rock slide at Mile 55 on the Albreda Sub.”: https://groups.io/g/Canadian-Passenger-Rail/topic/93817637#94305

Hallo Felix, given that Escape fares are available for every single train on every single last Thursday of the month before March 30th (and most of the time at the cheapest-possible fare of $59 in 2022 and $63 in 2023), I would assume that there is a high chance Escape fares will become...

From my memory from before and during Covid, the consists were usually: F40 F40 Baggage Coach Coach Coach* Skyline or Diner Chateau Chateau* Park* With all cars marked by an asterisk (*) being only attached when deemed necessary. For instance, at peak times you might have a Diner, 2 Chateaus...

Presumably the one which doesn’t require crew and equipment to layover in Vancouver or station staff to work in split shifts…

A problem will be how the trains would reach VIA’s Montreal Maintenance Center (assuming trains would still get serviced there) from Lucien-L’Allier. There is a connection between CN’s Taschereau Yard and CP’s Cote Saint-Luc Yard, but they’d still need to reverse direction somewhere on CP territory…

Here is a consist from almost exactly 3 years ago (i.e. the last pre-Covid summer): 2 F40 locomotives Baggage car 2 coaches Skyline 3 Manors Skyline Dining car 6 Manors Skyline Dining car Château (regular - crew car) Château (Prestigie) Château (Prestigie) Park (Prestige)...

Indeed, the Lufthansa Airport Express operated between Düsseldorf, Cologne, Bonn and Frankfurt Airport from 1982 to 1993: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lufthansa_Airport_Express

A new, modern, reservation system with improved functionality is in the process of being implemented as we speak… VIA already uses one single number for Quebec-Montreal-Ottawa trains, but these trains really operate as one single train with a layover of approximately 30 minutes in Montreal...

I've been travelling in Business Class between Montreal and Toronto quite a few times since last October and I recall the meal service to be what I was used to from the years before Covid. Not sure about the alcoholic beverage service (which was definitely suspended in February), but food was...

I‘ve just seen on groups.io that train #65 cycles to #75, train #70 cycles to #64 and #67 cycles to #79. Cycling plans can change at any time, but I would currently consider the 65-75 connection as guaranteed:

I suspect that a trade-off had to be made between allowing connections beyond Berlin or beyond Paris and given that there are no major cities 1 or 2 hours beyond Berlin, I assume that this is the right call, whereas a 16:52 arrival into Paris would mean you couldn’t reach any connecting train at...