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Originally Posted by Truenorth00
I'll quantify it. If you can't fill the equivalent of two buses per hour (equal to 1.5 rail cars) for 80% of the route, no capital for construction should be spent. Limit service to a daily. Long haul bussing and driving can do the rest. If you can't fill 100 seats for 80% of the trip, your costs will be really high. Fare recovery ratio will be poor. And the whole service will become a giant moneypit. This is why I argue that there shouldn't be two parallel routes across the Prairies. Just one route.
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Thank you for a number.
I figured on a much shorter train than the 20+ cars you suggest. Why not a single engine with 3-5 cars once a day? That would be 4-8 buses a day.
This is also why they should make a smaller Canadian and run that.