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    Urban Sky reacted to crs1026's post in the thread General railway discussions with Like Like.
    Pretty easy to understand CN's objection. This piece of land sits adjacent to the switching lead for the CN yard. It's the place where...
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    Urban Sky replied to the thread VIA Rail.
    HEP-I coaches don‘t have a galley (except for 8145-47, which are running exclusively on the JONQ/SENN service), which is why they can‘t...
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    Urban Sky replied to the thread VIA Rail.
    VIA hasn’t even operated the western part of that third summer-only frequency (i.e., west of Edmonton) since 2019…
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    Urban Sky reacted to lenaitch's post in the thread General railway discussions with Like Like.
    Perhaps, but the bigger issue is the approx. 110 miles that separates the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (Sydney) at the east end and...
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    Urban Sky replied to the thread VIA Rail.
    To volunteer just five reasons: 1) because there is no direct track connection between the two stations without at least one change of...
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    Urban Sky reacted to lenaitch's post in the thread VIA Rail with Like Like.
    Yes we should. I don't want to spin this thread of more than it has, but the issues on remote FNTs are not impossible, but extremely...
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    Urban Sky replied to the thread VIA Rail.
    If people leave because they don‘t enjoy the amenities and job opportunities which virtually all other Canadians can (rightly) take for...
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    Urban Sky replied to the thread VIA Rail.
    Sure, we don‘t have the money to deliver basic amenities like clean running water, sanitary schools, paved roads or cell phone...
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    Urban Sky replied to the thread VIA Rail.
    Ah, the famous ‚wiggle waggon‘ (a HEP-I car at the end of a mixed Corridor consist) user „tysmo“ (I’m pretty sure he’s also here on UT...
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    Urban Sky reacted to crs1026's post in the thread VIA Rail with Like Like.
    So, by the time we have procured the equipment, we will also have invested in sufficient track capacity to allow the passenger trains to...
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    Urban Sky reacted to crs1026's post in the thread VIA Rail with Like Like.
    While people do still ride the whole way in economy, the transportation element in our long distance trains has diminished and is pretty...
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    Urban Sky replied to the thread VIA Rail.
    No, I meant cars which allow views not just to the right or left (or top) of the train, but also its front and back. Granted, RMR seems...
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    Urban Sky replied to the thread VIA Rail.
    My entire point was that whereas lounge spaces with large windows are essential amenities for multi-day rides like VIA‘s only three...
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    Urban Sky replied to the thread VIA Rail.
    Just for the records, I‘m talking about sleeping pods and whereas they might be fine for someone travelling 8-12 hours overnight to get...
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    Urban Sky replied to the thread Quebec-Windsor Corridor.
    The new trainsets are currently (i.e., as of April 8) used for #668 on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays...

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