VIA Rail's Ocean from Montreal to Halifax (in Sleeper!) - Apparently a Trip Report

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  • @phronsiekeys
    @phronsiekeys 9 місяців тому +173

    I am sorry for your loss of that adorable gecko.

  • @A_Canadian_In_Poland
    @A_Canadian_In_Poland 9 місяців тому +21

    Regarding Gaspé on the map: The Gaspé train has been officially 'suspended', not 'cancelled'. A track washout in 2013 closed the line for about 8 years, and while the rail line has recently re-opened alongside a brand new station in Gaspé, and passenger service is indeed planned to be reintroduced, Via does not have enough rolling stock at the moment to restore the service. I have read that the stainless steel equipment in the Ontario-Quebec Corridor (which the new Siemens trains are replacing) that is still in safe operating condition will be transferred to the long-distance routes as a stop-gap measure until the 2030s.

  • @penelopeboivin3191
    @penelopeboivin3191 9 місяців тому +142

    unironically dreaming to get on this train with my bf someday, because he's obsessed with trains and he really wants to experience a sleeper cab because he's like "wow that's so weird!!" it's also so gorgeous of a trip i might cry

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому +36

      Do it! VIA does sales someeeeewhat often...

    • @awesomeman116a
      @awesomeman116a 9 місяців тому +4

      @@MilesinTransit
      They actually have a sale thing every Tuesday, but like the good sales are once in a while

    • @IanDuff-f9w
      @IanDuff-f9w 9 місяців тому

      ... he's like "wow that's so weird" ... Good to see erudition is still alive and well in your part of the world.

  • @ttcgeek
    @ttcgeek 9 місяців тому +65

    For more context on why they no longer turn the train in Halifax:
    They wouldn’t turn on a wye, but on the Halterm Balloon track in the Port of Halifax. That part of the port, which contained the balloon track, was bought out by Port of Singapore Authority and kicked VIA out citing that they were interfering with their operations. This was allegedly the plan even before PSA bought that part of the port.
    What were left now is a mixed consist where the engines run around the train in Halifax. They had considered putting Skyline cars with changeable seats, but was deemed too costly, as the cars themselves needed more repairs.
    Great videos and I look forward to seeing your Trip Report on The Canadian!

  • @subparnaturedocumentary
    @subparnaturedocumentary 9 місяців тому +18

    @02:00 i am sending my condolences on your loss a pet of any size or type is a member of the family and i hope you enjoyed your time with them.

  • @yukaira
    @yukaira 9 місяців тому +13

    omg! a kilometers in transit video about my favourite train, the ocean!
    I have family out east and I've taken this train a Handful of times and it's amazing! only ever been in coach though. it's not western Amtrak! those seats are rough..

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому

      Ooh, good to know...which seats would you say are more comfortable, Ren or Budd?

    • @yukaira
      @yukaira 9 місяців тому

      @@MilesinTransit Budd, all the way! ren is buisness class only, I think.

    • @kathrynstemler6331
      @kathrynstemler6331 9 місяців тому

      I love how you converted it to metric 😋

  • @MrKevinWhite
    @MrKevinWhite 9 місяців тому +5

    New Brunswick's flag is definitely a banger - 22:59

  • @kevinshannon9917
    @kevinshannon9917 9 місяців тому +30

    So sorry about your gecko. 😢
    This is a lovely video! You've carefully included something for everyone: train enthusiasts, foodies, nature lovers, infrastructure geeks, history buffs, channel regulars, singles, couples, people who love to sleep. Bravo!

  • @marrhatt
    @marrhatt 9 місяців тому +11

    The Lima memorial was lovely.

  • @Desmaad
    @Desmaad 9 місяців тому +53

    The Ocean rolling stock was originally intended for the aborted "Night Tube" service through the Chunnel. It's why they're so much slimmer than the old Budd stock.

    • @samuell.foxton4177
      @samuell.foxton4177 9 місяців тому +11

      * Nightstar (to go with Eurostar), but yeah. They’re a variant of the coaches on the InterCity 225 sets, which have themselves mostly been retired

    • @samuell.foxton4177
      @samuell.foxton4177 9 місяців тому +7

      Also it’s British loading gauge that is the size constraint - the tunnel itself is big enough for the double deck car carriers that are used for the car shuttle service

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 9 місяців тому +26

    If you thought the PEI flag looked like it was made by a child, wait until you see the Liberian county flags that look like they were made on MS Paint! The Quebec flag's white fleurs-de-lis (symbolizing purity) and blue field (symbolizing heaven) come from a banner honoring the Virgin Mary. The white cross made its first appearance during the Crusades and came to represent France during the Hundred Years’ War in opposition to England’s red one. The blue flag with a white cross was adopted by the French Merchant Marine around 1535, and Samuel de Champlain tells us it was still around in the early 17th century. On the Newfoundland and Labrador flag, the flag design is that of etchings on Beothuk and Innu decorative pendants worn hung from a cord around the neck. Blue for water, white for snow, red for effort, gold for their confidence. On the New Brunswick flag, the big lymphad evokes NB's historical shipbuilding industry and the ships utilized by numerous Loyalists to land in the province after they fled the US after the American Revolution.
    The iconic flag of Canada was adopted in 1965 under Lester B. Pearson which under his term, he launched multiple progressive policies including the world's first discrimination-free points-based system for immigration. He also promoted biculturalism of French and English having equal status. Thus many Canadians wanted distinctive Canadian flag to represent them, to represent the new Canada. Pearson suggested a flag with three maple leaves and bordered by two blue stripes, but this was opposed. George Stanley's design of a giant maple leaf and two red stripes, who was Dean of Arts at the Royal Military College in Kingston, was inspired by the college's own flag!

    • @swimmln
      @swimmln 9 місяців тому +8

      only on youtube can you get an extremely detailed account of Canadian National and Provincial flag history, and the comment is from Kim Jung-Un

    • @Desmaad
      @Desmaad 9 місяців тому +2

      Stanley was living in my hometown, Sackville, NB, when he designed the Maple Leaf. Supposedly, when it was raised there, it was greeted by boos. The removal of the Union Jack from the flag rubbed some people the wrong way.

    • @R160A
      @R160A 9 місяців тому +1

      RIP Lima😢

  • @stevethornton7964
    @stevethornton7964 9 місяців тому +4

    We took the Ocean last year and were sad about no Park Car. So much so that we just recently did the Canadian just from Vancouver to Edmonton so we could sit in one. Worth it! I loved it when you called those 300 foot hills "mountains"!

  • @WillDoesTransport
    @WillDoesTransport 9 місяців тому +14

    The British carriages were meant to be used on regional night services from across the UK to destinations in Europe. These services would have connected large UK cities such as Glasgow and Plymouth ) to mainland Europe. Ultimately it was decided the costs were too high and the demand was too low(thanks in part to the rise of low cost airlines) and the scheme was scrapped.

  • @NickP16
    @NickP16 9 місяців тому +11

    So glad you guys are riding the full line now, I’ve been waiting for this video
    Keep up the great work Miles, you always put out great videos
    I will be actually riding the Canadian, and just about a month. I’m going from Toronto all the way to Vancouver.

    • @KaiCheetah
      @KaiCheetah 9 місяців тому +1

      I agree with this statement

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому +1

      Thanks so much! And have a great trip on the Canadian, that sounds awesome!

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 9 місяців тому +29

    "The wheels on the bus go round and round!" Not the Kamala reference 💀...whatever Kamala was on that day, I want it! The bridge at 17:00 is the J. C. Van Horne Bridge, it was built between 1958 and 1961 and it crosses the Restigouche River (a name derived from the Listuguj band of Mi'kmaq people around the river; means "good river") to Pointe-à-la-Croix in Quebec. J. C. Van Horne was a New Brunswick politician in parliament who successfully fought for the bridge. The Halifax donair was first invented in the 1970s by Peter Gamoulakos. He migrated to Canada from Greece, and when he arrived, he started selling Greek gyros from his restaurant located off the Bedford Highway. But the gyros with lamb and yogurt just didn’t jive with the palate of the locals, and so they swapped lamb for beef, created a sweet donair sauce, and it became a hit! Halifax made the donair its official food in 2015.
    The name for the Miramichi River was derived from the Montagnais words "Maissimeu Assi", meaning "Mi'kmaq Land". Amherst's station building was built in 1908! The area of what's now Amherst was called Nemcheboogwek by the Mi'kmaq, meaning "going up rising ground" to reference the higher land to the east of the Tantramar Marshes. Then when the Acadians settled there in the 1670s, they called the village Les Planches. Finally after the expulsion of the Acadians, the village was later renamed Amherst by Colonel Joseph Morse for Lord Amherst, the commander-in-chief of the British Army in North America during the Seven Years' War. Many loyalists fleeing the American Revolution came to Amherst.

  • @WildWuff
    @WildWuff 9 місяців тому +34

    Miles uploading always gives me the snake in the headlights feeling

  • @jl2604
    @jl2604 9 місяців тому +14

    the most wholesome episode of miles in transit

  • @GojiMet86
    @GojiMet86 9 місяців тому +4

    31:45 Bald Eagle Freedom!!!.......but Canadian!!! Perfectly timed music too!

  • @freddysanders2826
    @freddysanders2826 9 місяців тому +4

    i love the old punch card room keys thats so neat

  • @phil1625
    @phil1625 9 місяців тому +2

    Welcome again. Don't miss REM phase 2 opening probably end of this year to 2 extra branches. Airport is only scheduled for 2027. There used to be a Montreal-Sherbrooke-Halifax train through Maine but it closed in the 90s

    • @francoislaforge8255
      @francoislaforge8255 9 місяців тому

      When the rest of the REM opens, 50% of my first trip will be enjoying the ride, and 50% looking for Miles & his posse to be a background NCP

    • @Skytho
      @Skytho 6 місяців тому

      welp this one aged poorly ... how hard can it be to get this one train line running?

  • @cycloid2326
    @cycloid2326 9 місяців тому +4

    17:17 I cannot express how much I feel called out, that awoke a deep childhood memory

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому +3

      I never did it, but Aleena taught me it and I've gotten really competitive about it!

  • @EthanRKassel
    @EthanRKassel 9 місяців тому +14

    We should all aspire to have the supportive dorky relationship that you and Aleena have

  • @davidsp5936
    @davidsp5936 9 місяців тому +15

    The Acadian French spoken in the Canadian Maritimes is, actually, more closely related to Louisiana Cajon than it is to the French spoken in Quebec. As I understand it, some Quebecers find Acadian French unintelligible. It's such a geographically isolated dialect, that it didn't evolve with the rest of the Francophonic world and still uses certain aspects of the language that have gone extinct everywhere else.
    "𝙉𝙊𝙒 𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙏 𝙄𝙎 𝘼 𝙁𝙐𝙉 𝙁𝘼𝘾𝙏!"

    • @AverytheCubanAmerican
      @AverytheCubanAmerican 9 місяців тому +2

      Yup, the reason it's similar to the Louisiana French spoken by Cajuns is become many Acadians ended up in Louisiana during the Spanish colonial period of Louisiana after the expulsion of Acadians from Acadia by the British in the late 1750s!

    • @dorisbetts3012
      @dorisbetts3012 3 місяці тому

      The French spoken by the Acadians contains some very old vocabulary words from regions of Brittany and Normandy that were spoken before the King of Frnace declared Parisienne French to be the standard. The Acadians left for the new world before this happened. At that time, many dialects were spoken in France according to where one lived. The French the Acadians spoke also evolved over the 100 plus years of settlement in Acadie ( now Maritime Canada). The people developed a mutually beneficial relationship with the native Mi'kmaq people which had an influence over the language as well. The French spoken in Quebec , at least around Quebec City, was more official and administrative in nature as that was one of the areas, along with the Fortress of Louisbourg in Cape Breton, where the business and administration of the French colony took place. In essence, the French spoken in all regions evolved out of necessity. Even those Acadians who made their way to the territory Louisiana after the deportation had Creole influences in their spoken language over time, again, out of necessity. Language is dynamic and ever evolving, adapting to circumstances historically and geographically. This makes keeping the "purity" in any language difficult.

  • @CallanKilderry
    @CallanKilderry 9 місяців тому +2

    31:01 Really wasn't expecting to hear Friday On My Mind in this video. Good taste.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому +1

      In college we did a radio show where we played music from a different country each week - we found that song when doing the Australia episode!

  • @ulogy
    @ulogy 20 днів тому

    30:20 it's red ochre, sometimes called red dogwood

  • @daniellee1324
    @daniellee1324 9 місяців тому +2

    Your content makes me super happy! Been going through a lot lately and this video and the Dunkin one has made my day! Thank you for all you do!

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому +2

      Thanks so much, and I'm happy these silly videos can spark joy!

  • @Lordgeorge16
    @Lordgeorge16 9 місяців тому +11

    Y'know, for as long as I've been watching Miles in Transit's trip reports, I've never actually understood who Paul or Jeff are.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому +7

      Paul and Jeb can do this with ease

    • @Lordgeorge16
      @Lordgeorge16 9 місяців тому +4

      @@MilesinTransit my deaf ass keeps hearing Jeff LMAO

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому +3

      @@Lordgeorge16 A lot of people hear it as that, so it might be my fault 😂

    • @Hale444
      @Hale444 9 місяців тому

      @@MilesinTransit Nah, they are nerds.

  • @bhuvaneshserene-blake9540
    @bhuvaneshserene-blake9540 9 місяців тому +2

    i've been putting off creating a uk train youtube channel for a while because I thought the only way to grow on UA-cam was to do the intricate intense video editing or grind youtube shorts, but seeing you grow from 1.5k to almost 40k fills me with joy and confidence that this style of content still exists.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому

      Thank you so much! You should do it!

  • @RickyLeong
    @RickyLeong 9 місяців тому +2

    Sorry to hear about the loss of your gecko.
    Thanks for the trip report though, it's been a while since I've been on The Ocean.
    Tip for the bathroom: I bring flip flops so I can step into the bathroom without getting my feet wet (or to get to the community showers in the Budd cars.) Also … I believe it's possible to detach that shower head and use it as a shower wand but not 100% sure about my recollections on that one. Could possibly avoid the initial burst of cold water that way. I stand to be corrected on this point.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому +1

      Yeah, you can detach the shower head! I just like having both hands free when I shower.

  • @joshweinstein5345
    @joshweinstein5345 9 місяців тому +2

    Just when I needed a Trip Report, apparently I got one.👍👍👍

  • @raggedyannet
    @raggedyannet 9 місяців тому +2

    love these trip reviews! your empire builder video has inspired me to take the same route on the way to a nat'l park and i have your content to thank for exposing me to such a cool method of transportation. being from the sun belt makes trains such an exciting novelty and i am very hyped to get based and cascades pilled

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому

      That's FANTASTIC, thanks so much for watching!

  • @themagiccartoon1306
    @themagiccartoon1306 9 місяців тому +1

    There are a couple cool routes on Halifax Transit, which you can go on. One is the three that goes through one of the depots So if you’re wondering of stuff to do while in Halifax, there also the ferry you could get onto

  • @YoungThos
    @YoungThos 9 місяців тому +2

    30:05 My partner had to take that exact bus trip last summer due to extenuating circumstances, including the walk, and it was just as ridiculous as you think it was 😅

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому

      I can't believe someone's actually done it!

    • @YoungThos
      @YoungThos 9 місяців тому

      @@MilesinTransit last-minute trip to New Brunswick, and the Ocean was fully booked! Thankfully she was able to get the train back to Montreal 😎

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому +2

      @@YoungThos Almost like there should be more than one way to get to the Atlantic Provinces that runs more often than three times a week...

    • @YoungThos
      @YoungThos 9 місяців тому

      @@MilesinTransit haha no kidding! In North America you're supposed to fly or drive, but we don't really care for either one so I guess we're not doing ourselves any favours 🙃
      But she figured out the Pointe-à-la-Croix - Campbellton connection on her own despite not being a transit foamer of any kind, and I have to say I was pretty impressed! 🤓

    • @HammerOnTheRails
      @HammerOnTheRails 9 місяців тому

      Halifax and Moncton respectively have 6-7 and 2 daily flights to Montreal, costs as much as the train with a fraction of both the travel time and emissions per passenger (The Ocean is a diesel loco hauling a 400+m consist with enough water for 20 showers in each sleeper car). The Atlantic provinces need frequent regional rail for all the fly-over communities in between the hub cities.

  • @GolfAfter50
    @GolfAfter50 9 місяців тому +3

    Holy cow -- I was JUST THINKING about the Nova Scotia flag's "borrowing" of the Scotish flag's design myself yesterday!! Zut alors! And I'm so sorry for the loss! Lima will be be missed :(

  • @Prickly_Cactus_1993
    @Prickly_Cactus_1993 9 місяців тому +6

    Watching this from the top level of the Go train travelling the Lakeshore West Line Union Station to Niagara Falls. The view between Burlington and Hamilton is very scenic as it runs right along Lake Ontario. You should ride more of the Go trains including this this route if you ever revisit the greater Toronto region. The end of the line is only a 10 minute bus ride from the falls which of course is a must see for any visitor.

  • @Skip6235
    @Skip6235 9 місяців тому +2

    I’ll be riding the Canadian from Edmonton to Vancouver next week and I’m super excited! I’m only in a sleeper berth, not a full room, though!

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому

      Hey, the berth is the second widest bed on VIA besides Prestige class!

    • @stevethornton7964
      @stevethornton7964 9 місяців тому

      We did exactly that in the reverse direction two weeks ago. Incredible. I was wary of the berths, but the curtains were super thick and pretty much as good as a wall, and so much cheaper. The seats were meh but if spend almost all of your time in the dome car or Park Car, who cares? It's a great trip, incredible scenery (Mt. Robson!), have fun!

  • @actiongeek1
    @actiongeek1 9 місяців тому +3

    Great review!!!! My wife and I drove to Nova Scotia last summer, spent a week bumbling around, lighthouse hunting, ufo questioning, culture devouring. Eager to find out what you guys thought of Halifax. Also: no joke... go to the Halifax public library, main location... unbelievable...

    • @cameronarchibald7213
      @cameronarchibald7213 9 місяців тому +2

      I've got the privilege of calling Halifax home! I'm glad you enjoyed it! In fact, I get to study in said public library every day.
      It's easy to forget the beauty we have here on the east coast.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому +6

      We actually make a point of visiting the central library of every city we visit - we loved the Halifax one!

  • @masoncummins04
    @masoncummins04 9 місяців тому +7

    That theme song always puts a smile on my face.

  • @newyorkerinvegas
    @newyorkerinvegas 9 місяців тому +2

    My deepest condolences. Keep on jumping, Lima.

  • @swimmln
    @swimmln 9 місяців тому +4

    Lovely video Miles! Took the Ocean myself back in January, and it was even less crowded than your March trip (but Halifax was worth it).
    Weird oddity regarding Halifax's station-it's open 7 days a week, despite the limited service. Perhaps you could wait inside for a bus or purchases tickets at the counter, but still an anomaly amongst train stations these days.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому

      Admittedly there's the Maritime Bus attachment, but it didn't seem like there was a way to get in there from the train portion?

    • @HammerOnTheRails
      @HammerOnTheRails 9 місяців тому +1

      There's the smallest door to a sketchy stairwell that joins the two.

    • @lukelangille999
      @lukelangille999 9 місяців тому +4

      Maritime Bus used to operate out of a small addition on the side of the VIA station, but as of last year they share the main station with VIA! One other reason the station is open every day is because the train departs from Halifax the day after it arrives, so there is a train either coming in or going out every day except Tuesday.
      Hope you enjoy your time in Halifax!

  • @akhilkarandikar99
    @akhilkarandikar99 9 місяців тому +1

    no bridge alert hahah @25:32

  • @marcberm
    @marcberm 9 місяців тому +35

    Loves toast and plain dry bagles. What a sophistocated palate on this guy! 😂

    • @bhratbrat
      @bhratbrat 9 місяців тому +4

      Raisin bagels too. I mean we cpuls get miles a raisin donut

    • @thetrueglasses
      @thetrueglasses 9 місяців тому +2

      AND clam chowder!

  • @senorspahrtan
    @senorspahrtan 9 місяців тому +1

    BEST! OPENING! EVER!!!

  • @Nouvellecosse
    @Nouvellecosse 9 місяців тому +1

    Will be exciting to see the transit videos from Halifax. Hope the ferry is first!

  • @colinmcknight9605
    @colinmcknight9605 9 місяців тому +3

    Amazing shot of the eagle.

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 9 місяців тому +35

    "One of your commenters said it was not Anglo" I wonder who that commenter was 👀 😂. I'm sorry for the loss of Aleena's beloved crested gecko, as a fellow reptile owner, I've had a bearded dragon named Frank (after Frank Lloyd Wright and Frank Gehry) since 2013 who I cherish very much and I understand how she feels. Reptiles are the coolest creatures imo, and I know that gecko loved Aleena as much as she loved it. The wildest thing about those British "Nightstar" Renaissance coaches, when VIA Rail first got three of those coaches in 2000 (the remaining 136 carriages they obtained in December that year), for a trial, they leased a F59PHI locomotive from SOUNDER commuter rail in Seattle! Yes, a SOUNDER locomotive pulling coaches originally for Eurostar, in Canada....Mr. Worldwide. The Bay of Fundy is a corruption of the French word fendu, meaning 'split'. Its tidal range (difference in height between high and low tide) is the highest in the world!
    All it takes is for the word dessert to be said for Miles to get butter cake flashbacks from the Melrose Diner 😂. The Caprese salad is named after the island of Capri in the Gulf of Naples. The island has been a resort since the time of the Roman Republic, a place many emperors and Roman nobles stayed. Roman Empire founder Augustus developed Capri, he built villas, temples, and gardens so he could enjoy his private paradise. Augustus' successor Tiberius built a series of villas at Capri as well and lived there from 27 AD to his death in 37 AD.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому +2

      I really should've flashed the comment up, I'm sorry Avery!

  • @bshnizzle
    @bshnizzle 9 місяців тому +1

    another rockin report

  • @delibakerytravel
    @delibakerytravel 9 місяців тому +1

    Wow!! That Was A Great Trip, Thank You For Sharing!! I Love Via Rail. Greeting From San Diego.🌴

  • @Hiei2k7
    @Hiei2k7 9 місяців тому +11

    First of all, pour one out for the gecko. And thank you Aleena for being a trooper to push onward.

  • @cameron_o
    @cameron_o 9 місяців тому +2

    this was quite a nice video, good work boss man

  • @simulacracomposium
    @simulacracomposium 9 місяців тому +2

    the 'sweet' sauce that aleena was having with her donair was halifax style donair sauce (made with condensed milk)!

  • @Notsram77
    @Notsram77 9 місяців тому +9

    I'm sorry to hear about her Gecko! :(
    My condolences!

  • @randomtransitadventures
    @randomtransitadventures 9 місяців тому +1

    13:55 Miles In Transit ASMR

  • @neonsheon
    @neonsheon 9 місяців тому +2

    I'm sorry for your loss of your beloved gecko, may they rest in peace ):

  • @raymondmuench3266
    @raymondmuench3266 9 місяців тому +1

    Doing this trip in September. Thanks for helpful info.

  • @JohnWilson-hc5wq
    @JohnWilson-hc5wq 9 місяців тому

    VIA used to have a train called the Atlantic from Montreal to Saint John, New Brunswick. It went through the state of Maine, with three stops there. People getting on or off in the US had to sit in a separate car. At the border, the cars with Canada-to-Canada passengers were sealed, so Customs only had to inspect people going to or from the US. The Atlantic ceased operation in 1994.

  • @United1158
    @United1158 9 місяців тому +3

    Train trip reports are back!!

  • @ulogy
    @ulogy 20 днів тому

    Banger

  • @KittyLovesFerries
    @KittyLovesFerries 8 місяців тому +1

    the sleeper trains would have ran between places like manchester, wales, scotland and places further in europe. the engines made for this actually moved to our main sleeper, the caledonian

  • @raefamily3141
    @raefamily3141 4 місяці тому

    Bought sleeper tickets for November based on your video - we have a shower room! Getting to Montreal on the newly-reinstated (today) Amtrak Adirondack train. Thanks for your fun content.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  4 місяці тому +1

      That's awesome, I hope you have a great trip! You beat me to the Adirondack too, I've yet to try it.

  • @Coeditor4089
    @Coeditor4089 9 місяців тому +1

    You can pick cabins with showers on the seat map, although VIA has been starting to charge a fee if you want to select a different room than the one assigned to you. It's stupid, and I agree cabins without shower should be priced lower than the ones with.

  • @BatmanBurns1008
    @BatmanBurns1008 5 місяців тому

    There are Acadian communities in Northern Maine and Massachusetts as well, around Boston, Lowell, and Fitchburg/Leominster areas. A few restaurants and churches even sell Acadian rappie pie.

  • @roxxma
    @roxxma 9 місяців тому +2

    To add more service to the Maritimes, they should restore the Atlantic, the (shorter by 86 miles/140 kilometers) VIA train that ran from Montreal to Halifax via northern Maine and St. John, NB. Eastbound it entered Maine at Jackman, and exited at Vanceboro with several stops in Maine, cars holding through passengers sealed and unsealed at the borders, several cars were not sealed as they passed through the US to allow local boardings and alightings. I have a relative in New Brunswick who regularly used both the Atlantic and the Ocean, and she really laments the Atlantic's demise, as it was a little shorter to get to Montreal, and she liked the scenery a little better (especially the one time she rode it when it ran super late, allowing for daylight transit through Maine), and that VIA promised 6 day per week service to NB on the Ocean to make up for the loss of the Atlantic.

    • @qjtvaddict
      @qjtvaddict 6 місяців тому

      Bring it back as a high speed service

  • @officialmcdeath
    @officialmcdeath 9 місяців тому +1

    Hull music lore going deep - get to a gig at the Adelphi at least once in your life! RIP Lima, what a beauty! \m/

  • @Islington_Express_Bus
    @Islington_Express_Bus 9 місяців тому

    I took the Ocean in winter a decade ago. The Tantramar Marshes on the New Brunswick/Nova Scotia border were unexpectedly beautiful! I wish I had a cabin, though. Sleeping in coach class was impossible.

  • @timberley512
    @timberley512 9 місяців тому

    Great report, glad you guys enjoyed the trip! One note about the new booking/reservations system - you can still pick a Renaissance room with shower, but you have to do it at the seat-selection stage. By default, the system will assign you a room, sometimes with and sometimes without the shower. You can use the seat selection tool to move to a room with shower from one without, or to a different shower room (if you have a specific preference), depending on what's available. Oddly, the system will not allow you to move to a different non-shower room (it always shows the rest of them as "sold out", even when they are not). Similarly, for accommodations in HEP (stainless steel) equipment, the system will not allow you to select different bedrooms, roomettes, or upper berths - it will only allow you to select a lower berth (either as an "upgrade" from an upper, or to move to a different lower). It appears that the only sleeper spaces it will allow you to move to are the ones that either require an upgrade charge now (as is the case with lower berths) or might in the future (i.e. the Ren rooms with shower). Hopefully VIA will eventually allow full room selection online, because it sure seems like the new system should be able to support it!
    In the Renaissance cars, half of the rooms face in each direction, so you can still get a forward facing room after they rotated the consists for the better views. At the moment, odd numbered rooms (1, 3, 5, 7, 9) face forwards on train 14, and even numbered rooms (2, 4, 6, 8, 10) are backwards - and the opposite is true for train 15.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому +1

      Gosh, thanks for the extra info - I should've clicked all the way through the new booking system! It seems pretty powerful, but as you say, there are some odd quirks in there right now. Also good to know I got the forwards-backwards thing completely wrong! Really appreciate the corrections, thank you.

    • @timberley512
      @timberley512 9 місяців тому

      @@MilesinTransit no problem, and yes, the new system does have potential but lots of quirks - hopefully it will get smoothed out over time!

  • @stinkyroadhog1347
    @stinkyroadhog1347 9 місяців тому

    The plan for me is to be on this train on the 10th in Chateau Sleeper heading to Montreal and changing on to Toronto. The Ocean is a great train journey. Hopefully, it gets a dome car back someday

  • @charlesbaran1106
    @charlesbaran1106 9 місяців тому

    This train and its destination are on the bucket list. Nice to see New Brunswick get good reviews. Having visited there three times while our son lived in Fredericton, I got the impression that the province is under the radar, even for Canadians. There is a national park on the water near Miramichi and another on the Bay of Fundy, plus plenty of other attractions (including oddities like the world's largest ax and the world's largest lobster sculpture).

  • @GWVillager
    @GWVillager 9 місяців тому +1

    Using my experience of British sleeper trains:
    - those weird cup holder metal bars are (I believe) for leaflets, magazines and other papers.
    - that shelf area beneath the wardrobe might have originally been a fridge.
    - the tube in the bathroom is indeed a hairdryer. I’ve never seen one of those in a train before, though - they’re usually in the shower rooms of ferries and in swimming pool changing rooms.
    Sorry, you probably already know this, but it wasn’t just the coaches that were built for the Nightstar. A fleet of insanely powerful electric locomotives were built (Class 92) which could run both off overhead wires and third rail, and had a staggering 6,670hp, to comply with Channel Tunnel safety regulations. Of course, with no Nightstar, they were largely left out of work, but they have recently been operating the Caledonian Sleeper between London and Scotland (which has awful coaches, by the way, their ride quality is hideous and you’re vibrated out of bed).
    Anyway, great video as always, and this looks like a really nice route. Is coach reasonably priced?

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for the extra info! Coach is somewhat reasonable, yeah - it can get as low as around $150 CAD.

  • @geneblanchard9424
    @geneblanchard9424 5 місяців тому

    Just found your channel and I love it! When you get a chance you should visit Sault Ste Marie and take the Agawa Canyon Tour Train. Peak season is late September.

  • @LexJones207
    @LexJones207 9 місяців тому +8

    "Those red plants" are low bush blueberries. Grown in the Maritimes and Northern New England mostly because those things will grow just about anywhere.

  • @Desmaad
    @Desmaad 9 місяців тому +1

    I hope you had a good time here in Hali.

  • @EuropeanMapping
    @EuropeanMapping 9 місяців тому +3

    I was just in Halifax last month; it kinda reminded me of Boston with all of the maritime history. Being right next to the noon cannon shot was my favorite part of the trip.

  • @RichardChonak
    @RichardChonak 9 місяців тому +24

    From 1889 to 1981 and from 1985 to 1994 Canadian trains ran across northern Maine to get to New Brunswick, with a US crew and a few stops in Maine. The boarding or leaving passengers went through a single door; other doors were sealed by Customs for the passage through the US. The Atlantic was cut in a cost-saving move in 1981 and again in 1994.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому +22

      Such a shame, because that brought service to a ton of tiny towns in northern Maine that have nothing now!

    • @qjtvaddict
      @qjtvaddict 7 місяців тому

      @@MilesinTransitthe thing is those are tiny towns why is that?

    • @qjtvaddict
      @qjtvaddict 7 місяців тому +1

      Sad fact the Atlantic would do better than the ocean as it’s a shorter distance

    • @cliffordporteriii6625
      @cliffordporteriii6625 2 місяці тому

      Bring it back. (Thru Maine) 👍🏽😎❤️🚃🚃🚃

  • @newhook36
    @newhook36 9 місяців тому +1

    Had a big laugh when you got judged hard for your razor 😂 thanks for the great content!

  • @sarahmoores2724
    @sarahmoores2724 9 місяців тому

    This was my first ever train trip almost 30 years ago going from Montreal to a cousin's wedding in New Brunswick

  • @logancook846
    @logancook846 9 місяців тому

    Welcome to New Brunswick! Best province in the country. The way you said Miramichi made me laugh.😂

  • @whyamiwhat
    @whyamiwhat 9 місяців тому

    they werent exclusively for london-paris, they were supposed to be from other parts of the UK and then through the channel tunnel to european destinations. hopefully something like the nightstar can be done in the future

  • @liamtahaney713
    @liamtahaney713 9 місяців тому

    Took a roadtrip from home outside of Philadelphia to halifax in 2018. Really enjoyed New Brunswick, some nice little towns and good scenery. Long ride let me tell ya, would rather have been on a train but..

  • @joermnyc
    @joermnyc 9 місяців тому +2

    I believe the lounge cars on the Canadian are much more useful as social gathering spaces because it’s such a long train, and the crew schedules daily events like wine tastings, board game nights, music. The loss of the “bullet” lounge is a shame because it had a dome, and a dome car on The Ocean lets you see 360 around you.
    VIA is trying to bring back the line to Gaspé, but the rail and signal maintenance was so poorly done, and for so long, they had to rip everything out and start over. Phase 1 of 3 is done, the other two are progressing, but service all the way to Gaspé will not be ready until 2026.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому +1

      Pretty exciting it's actually coming back! Hopefully the same can be said for Vancouver Island someday...

    • @joermnyc
      @joermnyc 9 місяців тому

      @@MilesinTransit unfortunately that might be a long time, the tracks are owned by a non-profit foundation. The BC ministry of transportation seems to not be in a rush, despite Ottawa offering matching funds to bring the line up to passenger safety standards (conditions are so poor even freight rail stopped running). Then again the total amount granted was only CA$15 million (and that was ten years ago) so it may no longer be enough.

  • @alteredstate42
    @alteredstate42 9 місяців тому

    Rest In Peace Lima, you were an adorable Gecko. Your leaps of joy be forever cherished in our hearts.

  • @ulogy
    @ulogy 20 днів тому

    It is so weird to see my province being visited by train. The speed is frustratingly slow because the tracks got torn out in most of NB.

  • @SneakySquid344
    @SneakySquid344 5 місяців тому

    Love all your videos miles, id love to see you try the canadian someday, it was an amazing experience. Id recommend getting berths since they are less expensive and the beds are super comfy. Also there is a train from jasper to prince rupert that goes through some pretty cool small towns in remote northern bc, with beautiful scenery so id recommend that too. Also we have an overnight ferry with cabins! Glad you had a good time here in Canada:)

  • @atrueelsewhere
    @atrueelsewhere Місяць тому

    I feel like I could be good friends with you guys. I love watching your videos. Thanks!

  • @DarkpawTheWolf
    @DarkpawTheWolf 6 місяців тому

    Miramichi is known as the "Irish capital of Canada". They even have it written in like 50 foot lettering on one of the big water towers for the city.

  • @bipbipletucha
    @bipbipletucha 9 місяців тому +34

    New character unlocked: Aleena the sommelier

    • @YoungThos
      @YoungThos 9 місяців тому +9

      Sommelière, even

  • @andyyylin
    @andyyylin 9 місяців тому +5

    10:47 cant wait for Linus tech tips to spawn in here and do that tax write-off rant all over again

  • @skiparkcityut
    @skiparkcityut 9 місяців тому

    The Amtrak Adirondack is a beautiful train too. Montreal has some great trains

  • @Salmagundiii
    @Salmagundiii 8 місяців тому

    Great video. I hope the new Amtrak superliners get lockable rooms.

  • @MaxParadis30
    @MaxParadis30 9 місяців тому +2

    BEST INTRO EVER! Thank Miles you turn me into a 40 year old foamer Thank a lot

  • @sundontshinedesigns782
    @sundontshinedesigns782 9 місяців тому +9

    At 17:00 there’s another GeoGuessr-related moment: Miles is looking out at the J. C. Van Horne Bridge in Campbellton, New Brunswick. That’s the exact bridge GeoWizard uses to identify a fan’s location in his first Geo Detective video.

  • @gdofred
    @gdofred 6 місяців тому

    I hope you made it to the Bicycle Thief to eat, and stopped into the most lovely library in the world (so far as I've visited), the Halifax Central Library!

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  6 місяців тому

      The library was absolutely beautiful!

  • @jquas1965
    @jquas1965 9 місяців тому +3

    I love how the eagle 🦅 was trying to keep up with the train 🚂. He might be a foamer.

  • @paulallenk4830
    @paulallenk4830 9 місяців тому +4

    Bald Eagle shot and Miles afraid to turn on shower for fear of being doused with freezing cold water highlight of this enjoyable escapade.

  • @NealForAmbassador
    @NealForAmbassador 9 місяців тому

    I just clicked on this so fast... Canada loves you, Miles!

  • @hugoboyce9648
    @hugoboyce9648 9 місяців тому +1

    If you like the Budd cars, you'll have to try the Jonquière/Senneterre one day! Great video as always!
    Edit: My condolences to Aleena

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому +1

      I really want to do those - I've also never seen anyone cover them on UA-cam!

    • @hugoboyce9648
      @hugoboyce9648 9 місяців тому

      @@MilesinTransitIt's well worth it! 69 (nice) dollars for a 12-hour train ride with great scenery. Plus Jonquière has an actually usable bus network.

  • @michaelimbesi2314
    @michaelimbesi2314 9 місяців тому

    30:06 I get the feeling that Miles is already planning the video where he does this.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому

      Time is the biggest thing I need to make it happen, but there is a spreadsheet

  • @tombowers3681
    @tombowers3681 9 місяців тому +3

    Aleena is a rock star and so sorry about your pet gecko

  • @llanelli14
    @llanelli14 7 місяців тому

    The joy on discovering shampoo in the wash-bag...LMAO!

  • @Leonard_Wilson
    @Leonard_Wilson 9 місяців тому

    The views were quite impeccable. Seeing the river frozen over was surreal. However, the room didn’t look comfortable- it seemed cramped. With that said, I’m glad that you and the missus had fun.

    • @MilesinTransit
      @MilesinTransit  9 місяців тому +1

      It was bigger than most train rooms I've been in, I think that's the nature of the trip!