VIA Rail

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Originally Posted by MonctonRad

I wonder how many nations in the world have abandoned their national rail passenger systems, especially comparable continent spanning nations such as Russia, the United States and Australia? Have any?? Should Canada be the first???

Originally Posted by milomilo

It's already abandoned, the Canadian is not a functional passenger rail line, it is an anachronistic tourist train. It's way past time that VIA killed it so that we can have a more productive conversation.

So, maybe it is time to admit that what we are doing is counter productive, and stop gutting it. What is the difference between an empty train, and no train? One we pay for. In reality, we do pay for no train system by higher car and plane emissions.