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Originally Posted by milomilo
I'm not sure how you came to those conclusions about VIA from that video, but the important takeaway was that high frequency of service where it is useful is what is important. Not having a 500 ton train serve a handful of people on an arbitrary route once a day.
A daily service is not useful, even if it was on time. Who would use that? The occasional student moving or another low income person visiting someone? You can't generate a self sustaining income on that, certainly not enough to justify the capital expenditure required to make the railway reliable.
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The biggest issue is that people look at the entire line as what most people must travel. I we did that for the Corridor, we would think that most people are going to be traveling from Windsor to Quebec city. That is not the case. So, lets look at the routes not as a ride from end to end, but serving those in between. That person hopping on in the middle of nowhere in northern ON isn't likely heading to Toronto or Vancouver.
By having a daily round trip, it means that you can do the business you need to do and come home without having to wait the extra day.
Having a daily also will help make it more reliable as the track owners will have a daily plan. The over siding length trains have a scheduled daily time. With a daily passenger train, they should be able to plan it better. It should be able to stay on time better.
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