[micheal_can]

Late train in the Quebec-Windsor Corridor:
- Delay over an hour and under four hours: 50%
- Delay of four hours or more: 100%
- Train replacement with an alternate mode of transportation: 50%
- Re-accommodation onto another train departing at a different time: 50%

Compensation is applicable only if you are informed of the disruption after 6:00 PM (ET) the day prior to the departure of your train, the day of your departure or during your trip.

I have been late over an hour a few times on the Corridor. Never offered it.Now that I know it,I will start taking advantage of it. Maybe if enough of us do it they will try to do something so that the scheduled time is the arrival time. Whether that is a renegotiated CN contract,or whether that is a change in their schedule.

 

[Dan416]

I'm on train 69 right now and it's almost 1 h 30 min delayed. We were supposed to reach Toronto at 9:48 pm and current ETA is 11:23 pm. We were crawling at 49 km/h for a good chunk of the first hour or so.

 

[nfitz]

I'm on train 69 right now and it's almost 1 h 30 min delayed. We were supposed to reach Toronto at 9:48 pm and current ETA is 11:23 pm. We were crawling at 49 km/h for a good chunk of the first hour or so.

Situation normal then ...

 

[cplchanb]

I'm on train 69 right now and it's almost 1 h 30 min delayed. We were supposed to reach Toronto at 9:48 pm and current ETA is 11:23 pm. We were crawling at 49 km/h for a good chunk of the first hour or so.

any reason why? CN again?

 

[nfitz]

any reason why? CN again?

90 minutes later is pretty typical, if not average. Looking at https://www.transsee.ca/triplist?a=...tarttime=04:00&endtime=04:00&nextday=on&ok=OK it was about 2:20 late the previous day. The best I can see recently is only 40 minutes late about 3 weeks ago.

 

[Trackside_Treasure]

Venture status report:

I've often heard a misconception about VIA's Venture fleet - that many of them are bad-ordered and that's what's holding up their wider implementation. Today, the final set arrived.

The first week of August, starting August 3, saw 22 of 30 in-use sets observed in Corridor service, based on 75 planned and/or observed Venture-equipped trains, with Sets 2, 9, 10, 14, 18, 20, 24, 25 and 26 reported on one trip only. Not observed were Sets 1, 2, 4, 7, 15, 19, 21 and 27, with Set 31 not yet in service and Set 32 mere days from being delivered.

 

[Dan416]

any reason why? CN again?

They actually said we were going slowly due to the extreme heat. We arrived after 11:30 so it was close to a 2 hour delay.

 

[lenaitch]

Well, you don't see this everyday.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/man-charged-for-surfing-atop-moving-train-near-alexandria-1.7609360

 

[Bordercollie]

I bet the corridor is very busy today given air Canada has stopped operations.

 

[Mihairokov]

I bet the corridor is very busy today given air Canada has stopped operations.

644 has one business class seat available. 40-38, 40-28, 64, 66, 68, 24, 26 today all sold out in economy. Evening flights will be cancelled soon so that will soak up the empty seats for later trains today. Buying tickets day-of will set one back $200+

 

[dowlingm]

Per groups.io, another 7 car trainset is planned: TS24 (2x23) and donations from TS25 (2724, 2924).

 

[Milaisacat]

I bet the corridor is very busy today given air Canada has stopped operations.

That explains why the VIA concourse in Union Station was positively bursting Sunday afternoon. I've never seen it so packed.

 

[Trackside_Treasure]

Per groups.io, another 7 car trainset is planned: TS24 (2x23) and donations from TS25 (2724, 2924).

The second Ajoutay set is already together and has made at least one run to Quebec. More here:

A Train Grows - Venturing into VIA's Success

After the annus horribilis that VIA Rail Canada has been experiencing with its CN's crossing speed reductions on its new Siemens Venture t...

tracksidetreasure.blogspot.com

 

[Bordercollie]

The second Ajoutay set is already together and has made at least one run to Quebec. More here:

A Train Grows - Venturing into VIA's Success

After the annus horribilis that VIA Rail Canada has been experiencing with its CN's crossing speed reductions on its new Siemens Venture t...

tracksidetreasure.blogspot.com

So how they they fix the train with locked wheels? Did they tow it back to MMC?

Putting Ventures on the west routes actually makes sense because the Chatham sub is owned by VIA and has speeds of up to 100mph. The Dundas Sub is limited to 85mph so slowing down for crossings has less impact.

On the Kingston sub you need to slow down from 90 Mph to 55mph for crossings. Why not allocate more to the west? Am I missing something?

 

[crs1026]

Why not allocate more to the west? Am I missing something?

Some of the equipment for runs west of Toronto run through from Ottawa or Montreal.

It's a question of how to cycle the trainsets to run the most service at lowest cost. And the cycle needs to (mostly) deploy the same type of train on a specific train most or all days of the week.

- Paul