12-31-2019, 02:53 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?
I would like to record the speed profile of the fastest Toronto-Montreal run (and others). It feels like the train is often at 150 km/h but any stops do increase the total time by quite a bit (0 km/h really slows one down). From Montreal to Toronto the quickest run is just under 5h at 4h50 (train 69 at 16:25) with stops in Dorval, Brockville, Kingston and Oshawa.