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Early bird train between Ottawa and Toronto returns with Kingston stop: Via Rail | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
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Train #641 is being introduced starting May 27th, 2024, which departs Ottawa at 4:15, Kingston at 6:15, arriving in Toronto at 8:48am, which would be useful for anyone trying to get into a Toronto downtown office at 9am.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Canadian railway is a bad joke. Stuck in the 70s. Even the US has high speed passenger lines in service, with many more planned and under construction. Morocco has a high speed rail. Romania does. Saudia Arabia!

Meanwhile this shit is the best we get. A new train from Ottawa at 4am to arrive in Toronto at 9am. A route which could be done by a HSR in about two hours.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Well as a country we're working on it, hopefully done in 20 years if the Cons don't scrap or hamstring it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

As of 2023, 26 studies have been completed on the idea of high-speed rail in the Ontario-Quebec Corridor and none have been implemented.

Yeah. I don't have my hopes up.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

We needed HSR 20 years ago, not 20 years into the future.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

If I could wish a HSR system into existence, or change the date of Mulroney's obituary to a time before he decimated Via Rail, I would.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I too want HSR, but it's unfair to compare the time of an express train to one making multiple stops.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I thought it is only making one stop in Kingston. That's 127km for the first leg and about 260km for the second.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

FTA:

The newly announced 641 train will operate from Monday to Thursday, leaving Ottawa at 4:19 a.m. and arriving in Toronto at 8:48 a.m. with a stop in Kingston scheduled at 6:18 a.m.

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Stops along the new route, which starts running May 27, include Fallowfield, Smith Falls, Brockville, Belleville, Cobourg and Port Hope.