A Monday morning update on the latest COVID-19-related cuts in rail service:
— VIA Rail Canada will dramatically reduce operations as of Tuesday, operating only one train per day on each of its routes in the Quebec City-Windsor, Ontario, corridor, with those trains stopping at every station. Elsewhere, its Montreal-Jonquiere, Quebec; Montreal-Senneterre, Que; and Sudbury-White River, Ont., trains will operate one round trip per week; and the Winnipeg-Churchill, Manitoba, train is no longer offering Sleeper Plus service. Other operations, including the Toronto-Vancouver Canadian, are suspended through May 1.
— The Portland, Ore., area transit agency TriMet will reduce most rail and bus service as of April 5. MAX light rail trains will operate on 15-minute headways on weekdays, with weekend service on normal Sunday schedules. The weekday-only Westside Express Service commuter line between Beaverton and Wilsonville will operate on 45-minute headways. Changes to bus schedules will vary. New schedules will not be available on the TriMet site for several days.
— As of Sunday, PATH train service has moved to a reduced schedule, the last of the major New York-area rail services to do. On weekdays, trains will operate on 10-minute headways, with additional trains during peak periods; evenings will see trains operate at 15-minute intervals with 35-minute intervals overnight. Full schedules are available here.
— Orlando’s SunRail will reduce service as of Tuesday, doing away with five midday round trips. The commuter railroad will still offer service at 30-minute intervals during the morning and evening peak periods. The new schedules are available here.
— Amtrak and CTrail Hartford Line trains are operating on a new reduced schedule as of today, with a combined 11 round trips (six CTrail, five Amtrak) on weekdays and revised weekend schedules.
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With VIA’s Canadian shut down and past bus reductions, it seems the only public transportation across the western 2/3rds of Canada is by air.
In other news, TriMet is shutting down. I may just say to hades with it after all this and stay retired. I have to stay at home anyway, so why not?
OK, what’s the deal here? Are these actual messages from Paul Marynowych, and if so have they been reported to Kalmbach? Remember, it takes a subscription to gain access to this forum. And if they are not actual messages, but his account has been hacked, does he know it?
I wonder if this guy even knows his name is being used like this.
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