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Early bird train between Ottawa and Toronto returns with Kingston stop: Via Rail | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
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Train #641 is being introduced starting May 27th, 2024, which departs Ottawa at 4:15, Kingston at 6:15, arriving in Toronto at 8:48am, which would be useful for anyone trying to get into a Toronto downtown office at 9am.

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[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 months ago (8 children)

Canadian railway is a bad joke. Stuck in the 70s. Even the US has high speed passenger lines in service, with many more planned and under construction. Morocco has a high speed rail. Romania does. Saudia Arabia!

Meanwhile this shit is the best we get. A new train from Ottawa at 4am to arrive in Toronto at 9am. A route which could be done by a HSR in about two hours.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Well as a country we're working on it, hopefully done in 20 years if the Cons don't scrap or hamstring it.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 months ago

As of 2023, 26 studies have been completed on the idea of high-speed rail in the Ontario-Quebec Corridor and none have been implemented.

Yeah. I don't have my hopes up.

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