grte@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 1 year agoThis B.C. MP is taking a 4,500-km train ride to try and improve passenger rail in Canadawww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down11
arrow-up153arrow-down1external-linkThis B.C. MP is taking a 4,500-km train ride to try and improve passenger rail in Canadawww.cbc.cagrte@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 1 year agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareFlareHeart@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoGood luck making it through the prairies on passenger rail. Do we even have any stations left? I never see passenger trains. Only freight.
minus-squareMetricIsRight@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoTo my knowledge most passenger trains try and time their crossings in the prairie’s so it happens at night. You might be in an area where they always pass through at odd times.
minus-squaredankm@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThere is a station in Saskatoon for sure. I’m sure many other places too.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoVancouver to Toronto has 62 stops in-between, including Edmonton but skipping Calgary.
Good luck making it through the prairies on passenger rail. Do we even have any stations left? I never see passenger trains. Only freight.
To my knowledge most passenger trains try and time their crossings in the prairie’s so it happens at night. You might be in an area where they always pass through at odd times.
There is a station in Saskatoon for sure. I’m sure many other places too.
Vancouver to Toronto has 62 stops in-between, including Edmonton but skipping Calgary.