Fewer trains, higher cost – VIA’s Tri-weekly Ocean continues to cost more than 6 day/week service

When VIA Rail cut service on the Montreal-Halifax Ocean in half back near the end of 2012, they claimed that the move was made to reduce the cost of running the service. The Ocean, like all of VIA’s services (and indeed, nearly all public transportation systems worldwide), operates at a net “loss”, with subsidies required […]
Source: TAA