VIA Rail

[Gat-Train]

Originally Posted by swimmer_spe

This is where knowing more about the equipment and less about the fuel would help you understand that if the train is full, it actually is. Gas Turbines are horribly inefficient and the fuel burns at a hotter temperature, which causes more emissions.

Want to know something more crazy? From Thunder Bay to Montreal, a train would use more fuel and put out more emissions than a ship in the Great Lakes.

In short, slow does not equal inefficient.

So, there's one ill-funded organization trying to provide:
- A semblance of realistic inter-city train service (The Corridor) in a limited portion of the country.
- A bunch of cross-country train "service" that has the conflicting demands of serving isolated places, tourism and a viable transport option for people.
- Serving isolated places with no other mode of transport.

Perhaps then we should have passenger ships instead of trains for those isolated communities?