gokeefe wrote: ↑Sat Jun 29, 2019 9:50 pmThe sudden interest in an admittedly difficult undertaking makes little to no sense otherwise. Few things could be harder than setting up another international route to/from Canada.This route makes a ton of sense if it were done in the right mindset. It's a big city that has very strong economic connections to the countryside nearby. It's just that the countryside nearby is another country. In the EU, this is no big deal. Around here, we'd probably come up with 27 reasons why it can't happen or 35 add-on's that make it unfeasible. But simply a Detroit-London-Toronto corridor would be a vibrant service, especially with a pre-check at Detroit like we have at Vancouver or Montreal. Literally this could be done without Amtrak if Via were to work it out with either CP or CN, and perhaps the Ford guys regarding MCS.
But it's not the RR.net specialty of a full diner 3-night sleeper from Spokane through Minot and Omaha to Shreveport, it's a very active corridor. I was in Detroit last week and the traffic over the bridge is pretty hefty.
The new Acela: It's not Aveliable.