Chriskay wrote:
There is already a Halifax to Sydney seasonal route, aimed at tourists. It's a day excursion, and you return the following day.
I doubt that route would see much commercial success as far as a regular scheduled passenger route.
-Chris
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Don’t know about the current potential for a Halifax-Sydney service but prior to it being cut in Jan. 1990 this was one of the few runs that were close to break-even. Always running with 2 or 3 well patronized RDC units. A lot of the passengers connected to and from the Montreal trains at Truro.
At the time of the cuts in Jan 1990, Acadian Lines (Bus) thought they would pick up a lot of the passengers and started to stop at the VIA Station in Truro to connected with the Montreal trains. There were some passengers but not nearly the numbers that had been riding the trains: They just started driving or stayed home.
Even running once a week, I’m sure there would be passengers who would ride the Bras d’Or (pronounced: Bra Door) Next year VIA is planning on two trips a week each way and if one of these were scheduled over a week-end I sure there would be a lot of locals, not just tourists riding. VIA can run the Skeena with a mixture of locals and tourists. Don’t see why they can’t with the Bras d’Or also.