09-15-2021, 09:28 PM
(09-15-2021, 09:04 PM)taylortbb Wrote:(09-15-2021, 07:32 PM)tomh009 Wrote: And that's why it's over an hour faster: no stops.
Most London-Toronto Via trains use the south mainline, via Brantford. Much better track quality makes for faster trips (the track length is the same). The one Via train that takes the north mainline through Kitchener is 3.5 hours to Union.
Yes, this is correct, the Via train is faster because it takes a different route (a route which GO could have used..they already have lakeshore trains which is the route that the Via trains use--which is why it is believable this is intended to fail..more logical service is eminently possible).
In fact, the Via trail via Kitchener (there were 2 trains, pre-COVID....it's crazy how much we've lost as a result of COVID), actually makes all the same stops TO Guelph, then after Guelph skips Acton, Mount Pleasant, Bramalea, Etobicoke North, Weston, and Bloor, but stops in Georgetown, Brampton, and Malton, so Via actually makes most of the same stops as the GO train.