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If you look at the financial figures for Via versus Amtrak you can see that Via still has a ways to go to catch up to Amtrak on the cost recovery ratio. It is important to remember that when Amtrak was receiving capital investment/funding/subsidy for the bi-level superliners Via was struggling along with steam heated equipment and old antiquated locomotives. Neither Via nor Amtrak is adequately funded. One thing that road loving governments could do to help railroads and motorists is to fund more grade separations so that the speed and the reliability of the speed will be increased for both freight and passenger trains. I have seen trains delayed for hours while police investigate why a motorist or pedestrian decided to ignore the crossing gates. I think both Amtrak and Via should focus primarily upon routes that can be covered in a day's journey ie: 14 hours or less. Just as decreasing the frequency by half reduces the ridership by more than half, the opposite is true when you add frequencies because of the increase in convenience. Lets have more trains!
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