"Urs Mueller" wrote in message
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(Mark Brader) wrote in

Urs Mueller writes:
Arriving by train from Toronto to Vancouver, I need a transfer to
Bellingham, WA, where I have to get the ferry to Alaska.
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We should arrive at 8am at Vancouver Station, the ferry is leaving at
6pm.

Well, the first thing you need to realize is that you're not using
the Swiss railways. I would not consider it certain that your train
will arrive in Vancouver in time for you to make that connection!

I've only ever taken the train from Toronto to Vancouver once and
that was 20 years ago -- but I remember that it arrived 9 hours late.
For me this was actually more convenient, but you see what I mean.

Thank you for frightening me ;-)

I rode Amtrak trains several times. I know the delays there.
And I took once the train from Toronto to Edmonton back in 1994.
But I think, then we were on time.

The ferrys from Bellingham to Alaska are not really running daily and
ususally they don't got a lot of spare cabins.


Indeed and I suggest you schedule an overnight stop in Vancouver
to allow enough time for possible delays

Keith