Amtrak Requests Federal Support to Restore Detroit-Toronto Rail Service

**401don** · March-26-19, 05:25 PM

Incredible waste of money. Passenger trains lose a lot of money. If there's a perceived need simply have the tunnel bus make a non-stop run to the Windsor Via station from the Rosa Parks terminal, advertise it heavily and see what the demand really is.
By the way anyone who wants to take that train now can simply drive to the Via terminal and park or take the tunnel bus across and take a $10 cab.

**mtburb** · March-26-19, 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by 401don

By the way anyone who wants to take that train now can simply drive to the Via terminal and park or take the tunnel bus across and take a $10 cab.

Route 2 of Windsor's bus transit system connects both the Tunnel Bus and the VIA station.

**Zacha341** · March-26-19, 08:50 PM

Righto! That makes too much sense! Hah.

Originally Posted by 401don

Incredible waste of money. Passenger trains lose a lot of money. If there's a perceived need simply have the tunnel bus make a non-stop run to the Windsor Via station from the Rosa Parks terminal, advertise it heavily and see what the demand really is....

**rbdetsport** · March-26-19, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by Zacha341

Righto! That makes too much sense! Hah.

This would not show the true demand.. Convenience and experience and user preference induce further demand. It would be wrong to assume that the same people who would take the Windsor bus and then have to transfer again before getting to the Via Station for ANOTHER transfer would be the only ones who would make their way to MCS and jump on a train. At most it would be one transfer for a large population along the Michigan corridor. If commuter rail were implemented to continue rail operations from Pontiac to Detroit, then that again would be only one transfer from home to Toronto for those along the Woodward corridor.