• melsaskca@lemmy.ca
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    5 days ago

    Not the prairies though. Last year I took a VIA Rail train 6 hours west of Winnipeg. I had to wait 6 days until an eastbound train could take me back home. They used to run daily.

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      5 days ago

      Unless there was a breakdown that cancelled a train, that seems odd.

      Normally there are 3 eastbound and 3 westbound scheduled per week between Vancouver and Toronto.

      Still far from ideal, but not 6 days between trains.

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        4 days ago

        It was over the July long weekend and I bought the return ticket at the same time as the destination ticket. I guess it wasn’t normal over the long weekend, but still. I couldn’t even take a Greyhound bus home, as they no longer exist. The world is winding down.