VIA Rail: Strike won’t affect Dayliner
VIA Rail announced yesterday that the E&N Dayliner will continue to run even if labour action hobbles the rest of Canada’s rail network.
VIA Rail's Dayliner makes a stop in Courteney, BC. The line is immune to CAW strike action. Creative Commons image by Flickr user Sean_Marshall.
As the possibility of a cross-Canada work stoppage loomed, VIA Rail assured passengers that because the Victoria-Courtney train service is run by a third party it will be unaffected by the threat of a strike.
The Dayliner rail service, also known as the Malahat, is run by Southern Railway of Vancouver Island on behalf of VIA Rail and operates on track owned by the non-profit Island Corridor Foundation.
Much of VIA Rail’s unionized employees are represented by the Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW). Management will run skeleton crews and economy class-only service on strike-affected routes.
VIA Rail also said that an unrelated fire on a bridge truss interrupted weekend service between Parksville and Courtney and that passengers had to be bussed to their destination before the damage was repaired Monday.
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JohnN
Jan 25, 2012 at 12:28 pmWhile 1889 Island Highway (one of the Capital City addresses) has high ranking on Walkscore.com (82 - Very Walkable), 700 metres or 1.1 kms is at the outer-edge of a walkshed, especially on a dark rainy early morning or evening. E&N was really a route for downtown Langford to downtown Victoria, but with CRD going for LRT, seems that E&N may not be a "rail-trail" in the future, but just a trail. In fact, rejection by Songhees/Esquimalt Band of the "trail" part might have influenced CRD decision-makers to go for LRT route that avoids traversing reserve lands?
Bingo
Jan 25, 2012 at 1:41 pmQuote: While 1889 Island Highway (one of the Capital City addresses) has high ranking on Walkscore.com (82 - Very Walkable), 700 metres or 1.1 kms is at the outer-edge of a walkshed...
In fact, rejection by Songhees/Esquimalt Band of the "trail" part might have influenced CRD decision-makers to go for LRT route that avoids traversing reserve lands?
Because the Songhees rejected the idea of the E&N trail going through their land doesn't mean they rejected the continuation of the E&N service.
If 1 km is toooo far to walk to get to the E&N or the LRT (if it is ever built) then they are going to need a huge LRT network to cover anything beyond that 1KM distance.
While we are pondering the feasibility of building the LRT for the next few decades, why not fix up
We don't have to replace all the ties from here to Courtenay. Why not let the various jurisdictions rebuild their own sections if they want to keep the rail line?
JohnN
Jan 25, 2012 at 2:10 pmI don't think its Songhees who are rejecting E&N, but rather that the CRD decision to go with LRT may in some small part have included consideration that to invest in a rail-line route that could be subject to treaty negotiations might not be prudent if there is an option. I'm speculating on that point.
Langford to Admirals first leg of a renewed E&N would be to serve the several thousand Dockyard workers? Seems a pity not to continue the E&N right over the Johnson street bridge.
As an option to LRT or E&N, I think the bus transit system is probably the way to go, just adding more buses and linking to inter-city buses better (ie, Duncan).
However, just like the unnecessary land-based sewage treatment plant, I think the fix is in to build the LRT as a monument of poor public policy.
Bernard
Jan 25, 2012 at 5:55 pmQuote: I don't think its Songhees who are rejecting E&N, but rather that the CRD decision to go with LRT may in some small part have included consideration that to invest in a rail-line route that could be subject to treaty negotiations might not be prudent if there is an option. I'm speculating on that point.
Langford to Admirals first leg of a renewed E&N would be to serve the several thousand Dockyard workers? Seems a pity not to continue the E&N right over the Johnson street bridge.
As an option to LRT or E&N, I think the bus transit system is probably the way to go, just adding more buses and linking to inter-city buses better (ie, Duncan).
However, just like the unnecessary land-based sewage treatment plant, I think the fix is in to build the LRT as a monument of poor public policy.
How many dockyard workers are there and how many of them would be coming in from Langford? How much use is there of the #25 at the moment? Do they use the blue boat?
People keep saying Dockyard worker would use the service, but I see little evidence there are enough of that could use it or would use it.
JohnN
Jan 25, 2012 at 5:59 pmGood point because when the Base Commander tightened-up on the rules for the Navy base workers to get off early - he wanted them all to go at 4pm, there didn't seem to be a huge car jam like many figured there could be. Click here for link to news article.
Quote: How many dockyard workers are there and how many of them would be coming in from Langford? How much use is there of the #25 at the moment? Do they use the blue boat?
People keep saying Dockyard worker would use the service, but I see little evidence there are enough of that could use it or would use it.
