Why Passenger Trains Suck in Canada - Part 1 - VIA Rail

I love taking the train, but taking the train in Canada is difficult. This video explains what it's like to take the train in Ontario, Canada, and some of the history behind why it's so painful.

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Image & Video Credits (in order of appearance):

Spoorwegen | Afl.17 | Koplopers
Spoorwegen TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP2nCN6U_OU

Episode 10: Roads for Rails - the Newfoundland Railway
Well There's Your Problem Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMcriPJKPdI

VIA rail passenger train #76, Komoka ON, VIA 916 [drone] (13-May-2017)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX5ckzen69A

VIA Rail passenger train #73 & #76 meet, Glencoe ON [drone,4k] (2017-Oct-18)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRGINPR3pQM

VIA Rail Timelapse 4K: Toronto to Parry Sound
InfiNorth (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVcbX6lioLw

Map of the Quebec-Windsor Corridor
Awmcphee (Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 4.0)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_City%E2%80%93Windsor_Corridor#/media/File:Quebec-Windsor_Corridor_2017.svg

VIA rail passenger train #73, London ON [drone,4k] (2017-Oct-16)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEnt4uP0eF8

Canada blank map
Wikipedia (Public Domain)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canada_blank_map.svg

VIA Rail train #84 arriving London ON (2019-Aug-24)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5_r-530CJ4

VIA Rail Review (Part One)
Nigel Hay (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu-xINXsCjY

VIA Rail train #72 (Windsor-Toronto) arrives at London ON (2020-May-31)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QAsefOUowY

Rail Fanning at Brandon N. - VIA Rail Canadian at 75 MPH!
ManitobaTransitVids (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdp3S2Ufx9Y

VIA Rail train #85 at Stratford ON, from Toronto to London (2019-Aug-20)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvKG3b2MBjA

VIA Rail RDCs in Windsor, ON. for the First Time in 30 Years Plus VIA 72
CPWindsorsub (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX4_7MRTY5Y

Map of the Great Western Railway of Canada
City of Hamilton Archives (Public Domain)
http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/CNR/gwr/map_GWR_1879_1880.jpg

Maps of the 401
Ministry of Transportation (Ontario)

Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Passenger Train.
Ingenium digital archives
https://ingeniumcanada.org/archives/details/MAT-07778

VIA Rail Canada Inc., Diesel locomotive, passenger train
Ingenium digital archives
https://ingeniumcanada.org/archives/details/MAT-01100

Map of VIA Rail Routes
VIA Rail (website)

CP mixed freight train & VIA train 73 (2017-Oct-19)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNdLXBUSh-c

VIA Rail train #75 arrives & departs London ON (2020-May-20)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMj3qw-UG2w

VIA Rail schedule, Toronto to London
VIA Rail (booking website)

Driving map from Toronto Union Station to London VIA Rail
Map Data © 2020 Google

Map of the proposed Ontario high-speed rail
Government of Ontario (website)
https://www.ontario.ca/page/high-speed-rail?_ga=2.75985939.787005241.1513578111-231438957.1507230041

High speed train between Toronto and Windsor has been cancelled
BlogTO.com
https://www.blogto.com/tech/2019/04/high-speed-train-between-toronto-and-windsor-has-been-canceled/

VIA HFR proposal
VIA Rail Canada Inc (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngKBaUXYoF4

VIA Rail train #72 (Windsor-Toronto) arrives at London ON (2020-May-31)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SP5-4jMqaI

VIA Rail passenger train #73 & #76 meet, Glencoe ON [drone,4k] (2017-Oct-18)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRGINPR3pQM

Via Rail Canada's on time performance from FY 2011 to FY 2019
Statista 2020
https://www.statista.com/statistics/555211/on-time-performance-viarail-canada/

Meet the new fleet
VIA Rail Canada Inc (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UYBk5ZX30w
High speed train between Toronto and Windsor has been cancelled (BlogTO):
https://www.blogto.com/tech/2019/04/high-speed-train-between-toronto-and-windsor-has-been-canceled/

'Tienminutentrein' moet elke 7,5 minuten gaan rijden (rtl nieuws):
https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/nederland/artikel/4497226/tienminutentrein-moet-om-de-75-minuut-gaan-rijden
VIA Rail train #85 at St. Mary's ON, from Toronto to London (2019-Jul-27)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHNyp0Xujpo

Meet the new fleet
VIA Rail Canada Inc (YouTube)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UYBk5ZX30w

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