Why Passenger Trains Suck in Canada - Part 1 - VIA Rail

I love taking the train, but taking the train in Canada is difficult. This video explains what it's like to take the train in Ontario, Canada, and some of the history behind why it's so painful.

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Image & Video Credits (in order of appearance):

Spoorwegen | Afl.17 | Koplopers
Spoorwegen TV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP2nCN6U_OU

Episode 10: Roads for Rails - the Newfoundland Railway
Well There's Your Problem Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMcriPJKPdI

VIA rail passenger train #76, Komoka ON, VIA 916 [drone] (13-May-2017)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX5ckzen69A

VIA Rail passenger train #73 & #76 meet, Glencoe ON [drone,4k] (2017-Oct-18)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRGINPR3pQM

VIA Rail Timelapse 4K: Toronto to Parry Sound
InfiNorth (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVcbX6lioLw

Map of the Quebec-Windsor Corridor
Awmcphee (Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 4.0)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_City%E2%80%93Windsor_Corridor#/media/File:Quebec-Windsor_Corridor_2017.svg

VIA rail passenger train #73, London ON [drone,4k] (2017-Oct-16)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEnt4uP0eF8

Canada blank map
Wikipedia (Public Domain)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canada_blank_map.svg

VIA Rail train #84 arriving London ON (2019-Aug-24)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5_r-530CJ4

VIA Rail Review (Part One)
Nigel Hay (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu-xINXsCjY

VIA Rail train #72 (Windsor-Toronto) arrives at London ON (2020-May-31)
Train Spotted (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QAsefOUowY

Rail Fanning at Brandon N. - VIA Rail Canadian at 75 MPH!
ManitobaTransitVids (YouTube/CC BY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdp3S2Uf

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