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[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

VIA rail doesn't own much track at all. Almost all (97%) of the track they operate on is owned by other companies, like CN.

And that is why their service sucks. They get second priority to any cargo trains that CN wants to run down them.

[–] PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ah makes sense.

I wasn't even concerned about the low priority of passenger cars. I meant the physical condition of the track itself, and the resulting reduction in top speed along many section in the maritimes.