Hi,
my fiancé and I will be traveling on the 'Canadian' from Vancouver to Toronto in late July, arriving at Toronto Union Station at 9.30am. We would like to continue our trip on to Niagara Falls the same day, leaving Toronto at 5.45pm on the 95.
The German sales office for VIA advised us that we should expect 'extensive delays' on the Canadian, as its route is over 3000km long. However, they could not specify how 'extensive' such delays may be. Although delays of 20 to minutes are already considered 'extensive' on the comparatively short German routes, I would think that it's different with a train crossing a whole continent.
So here's my question: would you say it's safe to book the connecting train with about 8 hrs of transfer time from the Canadian? Or are delays likely to be longer than that? In that case we'd take the first train next day.
Thanks for your help!
Cheers,
Chris
my fiancé and I will be traveling on the 'Canadian' from Vancouver to Toronto in late July, arriving at Toronto Union Station at 9.30am. We would like to continue our trip on to Niagara Falls the same day, leaving Toronto at 5.45pm on the 95.
The German sales office for VIA advised us that we should expect 'extensive delays' on the Canadian, as its route is over 3000km long. However, they could not specify how 'extensive' such delays may be. Although delays of 20 to minutes are already considered 'extensive' on the comparatively short German routes, I would think that it's different with a train crossing a whole continent.
So here's my question: would you say it's safe to book the connecting train with about 8 hrs of transfer time from the Canadian? Or are delays likely to be longer than that? In that case we'd take the first train next day.
Thanks for your help!
Cheers,
Chris