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Originally Posted by MonctonRad
There is a transportation discussion thread in the Atlantic Canada section.
VIA intends to supplement the Ocean service (not replace it) with the dayliners. There is a plan to have daily service from Moncton to Halifax and also daily service from Moncton to Campbellton.
I imagine this initial routing is because the passenger rail infrastructure already exists on these routes. If they were going to have a service form Moncton to Saint John (for example), they would have to build a new passenger station, or invest heavily to rehabilitate the old passenger station in Saint John.
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Thanks, I didn't realize that this was happening. I think it's a good thing since VIA cut back on the Ocean to 3 runs/week.
The SJ location might not be so bad as I see that Maritime Bus still uses that location on Station St. as a bus depot, according to their website. It's right next to the tracks so I wouldn't think it should be an issue for dayliner use. Mind you, I haven't been to SJ in a few years if the event that something has changed since then.