Train #641 is being introduced starting May 27th, 2024, which departs Ottawa at 4:15, Kingston at 6:15, arriving in Toronto at 8:48am, which would be useful for anyone trying to get into a Toronto downtown office at 9am.
Train #641 is being introduced starting May 27th, 2024, which departs Ottawa at 4:15, Kingston at 6:15, arriving in Toronto at 8:48am, which would be useful for anyone trying to get into a Toronto downtown office at 9am.
I can’t really vouch for every part of the argument your acquaintance on Twitter, such that it’s “mainly” made for commuting. Like I laid out earlier, it’s more for business as clients and employers would be the ones expecting you to be in Toronto downtown by 9am for one reason or another. There are manager type of roles that need to travel as frequently as once a week between two cities, that’s still commuting in my eyes. A Monday to Friday 9 hour round trip commute would be utterly insane, that’s a quarter of your week gone. I’d have to be paid big bucks to put up with that.
Then again: One summer I did take a Via roundtrip every weekend (using a pass ofc) and I’d consider that commuting. I still booked a week in advance for the most part because I’d knew I’d leave on a Friday night and come back Sunday night.