Sunshine (she/her) to Canada · 5 days agoVia Rail hits new high for late arrivals between Quebec City and Windsorwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkVia Rail hits new high for late arrivals between Quebec City and Windsorwww.cbc.caSunshine (she/her) to Canada · 5 days agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squaremasterspacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoI honestly cannot fathom how CN is such a pile of garbage. Does anyone understand why they can’t do the basic things that rail owners do, every single day, all over the world?
minus-squareDarkcoffee@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·5 days agoWhen it goes private, money comes first, product is just an afterthought
minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoIt’s a publicly traded company We went from it being owned by all canadians, to being owned by a (comparatively) small number of shareholders
minus-squaremasterofn001linkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 days agoWhy. after decades, the feds haven’t exercised eminent domain and just laid down new lines is beyond me. Every trip, except the first departures of the day, are late. My last trip was a full hour behind schedule. Nearly all trips I’ve taken have, at some point, been delayed as the freight trains have right of way. And how they always seem to be in the way is more than just scheduling.
minus-square9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 days agoWhy lay new lines? Just re-nationalize CN
I honestly cannot fathom how CN is such a pile of garbage. Does anyone understand why they can’t do the basic things that rail owners do, every single day, all over the world?
When it goes private, money comes first, product is just an afterthought
It’s a publicly traded company
We went from it being owned by all canadians, to being owned by a (comparatively) small number of shareholders
Why. after decades, the feds haven’t exercised eminent domain and just laid down new lines is beyond me.
Every trip, except the first departures of the day, are late. My last trip was a full hour behind schedule.
Nearly all trips I’ve taken have, at some point, been delayed as the freight trains have right of way.
And how they always seem to be in the way is more than just scheduling.
Why lay new lines? Just re-nationalize CN