Even on the Detroit-Toronto-Ottawa leg, which should be hugely profitable, Via manages to screw it up. Admittedly my experience is several years old, but I onc

Even on the Detroit-Toronto-Ottawa leg, which should be hugely profitable, Via manages to screw it up. Admittedly my experience is several years old, but I once took the train from Ottawa to London, Ontario. It took over 12 hours which I think was something like 5 hours late. Because all of the passengers to Detroit missed their connection, Via drove them by taxi from London. I asked the porter if this was common. He told me it happened on virtually every run. I used to take the train everywhere that I could when I lived in Ottawa and the Hamilton-Montreal side was quite a bit better, but still ghastly. If Canada ever gets serious about rail, they need to do something about the rail infrastructure and the Via monopoly. Don't think it will ever happen though.