12-31-2019, 01:05 AM
(12-30-2019, 11:20 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(12-30-2019, 11:16 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Is it level crossings which are slowing down Toronto to Montreal service? In my experience (which isn't the whole route), we're doing 150km/h most of the time, it's the stops which slow us down. Express service is under 5 hours for Via, which still makes a few stops, (provided it's on time).
You could be right on the Toronto-Montreal one, I have not taken that in a while. But a real express service should make very few stops (Kingston maybe?) and the trains can do 160 km/h plus, so I don't understand why the average speed for the express is just 100 km/h. Too many stops?
They are making far more than one stop. Part of the problem there is the lack of frequency, when you're only running 7 trains a day, there isn't a lot of room for trains with few stops (most trains already don't make all stops).
I do think delays due to freight contribute to the slack in the timeline as well.
I'm definitely behind better service, I'd love HSR, but any improvements are good. I really just don't know what the real delays on the Toronto-Montreal route are though, at one time that route was done in less time at 200 km/h...we've literally regressed.