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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...

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…