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It should be noted that between Moncton and Riviere-du-Loup the Ocean does not parallel a 4-lane highway and this is where it has always been busiest (Covid aside!) at stops like Bathurst, Campbellton, Rimouski (and the old Chaleur section to the Gaspe) Other than for a short section the Trans...

"The project cost consists of $364.3 million for construction and $196.4 million for ongoing operations and maintenance as well as a major upgrade of the existing stretch of highway during the 20-year operating period." "including two new interchanges and about 24 new bridges."

It is not $718 million going to the consortium to design/build and finance just 38km of new highway (opening in 2023).....but it also includes an operate and maintain contract (repaving, winter plowing etc) for 20 years of this new 38km section of highway plus another 25 km of existing divided...

And I'll repeat it again! I drive those highways every day. You don't!......and they are needed. They provide a much greater benefit to more of the population than could ever be served by rail. I see you are in Ithaca. Perhaps your drive out of town is on a 2--Lane but within 23 miles you're...

Thanks for posting! Those Ski Train cars are now on the Agawa Canyon Train running out of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The cars were originally acquired by CN in 1968 for 'Tempo' service in Southwestern Ontario. They went to VIA and were used on the 'International' between Toronto and Chicago...

It's been over a year since I've been on a train and probably won't be for awhile yet.....so it was nice to see that my 'Preference' status has been extended for another year until April 2022. Thanks VIA!....and I'll be back as soon as I can.

Resurrection of a 10 year old post but nice to reminisce again :)

There might be better weather in the west now but still not the time to be travelling. Just look at the increase in cases in AB and BC over the past couple of days. The Canadian is providing a basic service. I don't know why anyone would want to ride right now unless they have no other option...

And I'm specifically looking at New Brunswick where some have said the TCH with it's 'Interstate' type standards shouldn't have been built. I drove the old 2-lane TCH for years and it was greatly needed with it's disproportionate truck traffic. A lot of those trucks are 'just passing thru' but...

There's probably a much better network of highways in the Maritimes than you would find in other areas with a similar population.

Here's the new VIA Timetable effective April 1. An additional train has been added each way daily between Ottawa-Montreal-Quebec City plus there's some additional trains 4 days/week between Toronto-Ottawa and Toronto-Montreal. The Canadian (in name only) is still once weekly between Vancouver...

Yes.....everyone feels they should have a 4 lane highway right to their driveway.....and 'that train' is not running currently for a very good reason!

On the contrary! All the major routes where the vehicle counts require it are at least 4 lane-divided or upgraded 'Super-2'. In particular the 520km Trans-Canada through New Brunswick along with the NB95 connection to I95 at the US Border is certainly built to 'Interstate' standards and a real...

No.....not *tolerable* at all to run 'sealed' for 225 miles and 4 hrs between Toronto and Windsor and bypass potential passengers from London pop 510,000 and Hamilton 775,000 alone plus Chatham/Kent and even Waterloo Region depending on the route followed. If I lived in Hamilton I certainly...

I drive those highways every day. You don't!......and they are needed. They provide a much greater benefit to more of the population than could ever be served by rail. There is just not the population here along a couple of 'corridors' to justify the cost to provide a fast, frequent passenger...

On Prince Edward Island where they don't even have a freeway.....there's now 'Displaced Left Turns' and the DOT has had put out videos on how to navigate them!

My VIA CanRailPass back in Jan '83 just after the International was inaugurated got me to Sarnia then I had a separate ticket coupon between Sarnia and Port Huron .....then Port Huron to Chicago (and return).

Perhaps that changed in later years but the times I rode the International in the '80s it was the CN/VIA crew that did the border crossing and that matches up with old CN crew districts when they changed off with GTW in Port Huron.

And the GO Platform would have to be low level with any ADA requirements provided.

If you could have coordination between between GO and Amtrak offering a choice of at least a couple of trains each way in one facility I'd certainly go for that vs the one seat ride! And would probably be faster too with proper scheduling.