Moderators: richierich, ua900, PanAm_DC10, hOMSaR
frmrCapCadet wrote:I suspect that the Canadian government is going to have to reinvent a national surface transportation system. There are likely bits and pieces of it still surviving but some sort of knitting together and subsidies could make it work. Daily passenger railroad service on existing routes, and then bus/van service to RR stations for connecting is the most likely.
seb146 wrote:The railroads in western Canada are pretty maxed out with freight trains. The Canadian usually runs hours, if not days late.
Maybe the answer is regional and corridor service on both bus and rail.
ltbewr wrote:It is possible that once the pandemic is over some small, regional providers could crop up like in the Quebec City - Windsor corridor. Problem is that the distances in Canada are so far that flying becomes a better option. I know in the USA we have some cheap regional bus services, mainly catering to the Chinese communities in the NE corridor, and for some Hispanic/Latino communities to from the NE metro areas to Florida. The USA side of Greyhound is going to reinstate cross border services like NYC-Montreal/Toronto, Seattle-Vancouver BC when pandemic restrictions come off.