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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    6 months ago

    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.

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        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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          6 months ago

          If I could wish a HSR system into existence, or change the date of Mulroney’s obituary to a time before he decimated Via Rail, I would.

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          6 months ago

          “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”

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      6 months ago

      I too want HSR, but it’s unfair to compare the time of an express train to one making multiple stops.

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        6 months ago

        I thought it is only making one stop in Kingston. That’s 127km for the first leg and about 260km for the second.

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          6 months ago

          FTA:

          The newly announced 641 train will operate from Monday to Thursday, leaving Ottawa at 4:19 a.m. and arriving in Toronto at 8:48 a.m. with a stop in Kingston scheduled at 6:18 a.m.

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          Stops along the new route, which starts running May 27, include Fallowfield, Smith Falls, Brockville, Belleville, Cobourg and Port Hope.