Wheel Report: Via Consists In Quebec

[xcnken-/[e-mail] [Canadian-Passenger-Rail]]

To coin Eric Gagnon's adjective here's the stats for all you Viaphile(s) on my recent 2 day jaunt to northern Quebec. ( minus AMT consist(s) to and from Lucien L'Allier on Vaudreuil Line -sorry )


Wed.Sept.24, 2014 Central Station Montreal Qc


601: 6402+8146-8619
603: 6440+8145-8622
os Central Station 08:15
meet 369 Hervey Jct. south 89? +2units & 2 dpu units 11:42
601- Hervey Jct. lv 12:05
is Jonquiere 17:22


Friday Sept.26 2014--------Gare Du Palais-----Quebec Qc


Train 22 ar 12:17 6414+3453-3317-3331
Train 25 906+3456-3353-3343
os Gare Du Palais 12:45
wait 120 West Jct. lv 13:33
passing meet frt # ? Laurier 13:55
take siding for # 24 ( 900? + 7 Ren.cars ) St.Perpetue 14:40
Drummondville lv 14:56
St.Lambert lv 15:56
Central Station ar 16:09




K.Wadden Pointe Claire Qc.

[mile179kingston-FFYn/[e-mail] [Canadian-Passenger-Rail]]

Thanks for those up-to-the-minute/chaud sorti des presses consists. Hope you had a good trip. Yes, there are VIAphiles and UberVIAphiles, but I'm not sure what term suitably describes a bus/train enthusiast.

You'll be interested to know that I've just passed my first anniversary riding Kingston Transit's Kingston Express west-end express loop, inaugurated Sept 3, 2013.
https://www.cityofkingston.ca/residents/transit/about/express-service https://www.cityofkingston.ca/residents/transit/about/express-service


The specially-painted Xcelsiors whisk me to work and back, and as the Buffalo transit TV commercial proudly proclaims "70% of the people on our bus have jobs".


Eric Gagnon
Kingston, Ontario
http://newviarailbook.blogspot.ca http://newviarailbook.blogspot.ca

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Congratulations ! That's the way to get around. Good initiatives with transit planners can get us out of our cars. When it's practical.


Let me add these stats :


Passenger Total------Via # 601 Northbound Montreal to Jonquiere Wed. Sept. 24----------7 ( ! ) crew included


Thursday Sept.25 2014----------Via # 600----------------6402 + 8146-8619


Chambord Qc ar 09:12 lv 09:21 ( 5 bike boxes were loaded )


For those who follow the comings and goings of rare Classic Nova buses. Two of them still operate for the STS in Saguenay # s 9401 & 9601. One bus driver came out to say...." prendre tes portraits maintenant. ça achevre i.e. they'll be gone soon.


An Autobus Intercar Wi Fi -TV screen equipped ( ! ) MCI # 1470 got us to Quebec City from Saguenay leaving at 17:40 arriving at 20:00. It was pleasant ride.


On a personal note our destination was the Village Historique De Val Jalbert in Chambord ( Qc ) Renowned for it's partially restored ghost town and former pulp mill adjacent to water falls higher than Niagara hiking trails compliment this natural treasure.


Via fares go for $59.- or less one way from Montreal to Jonquiere. 601-600's Friday-Sunday schedule coupled with inexpensive weekend car rental rates make the region very affordable.