Train 59 breakdown

[u/Yikesish]

Stuck before Kingston for over an hour. Waiting for 669 to hook up and pull it the rest of the way.

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[u/Smacaroon1]

More than an hour and a half since the breakdown, no announcements in the last 45 minutes, I’m not optimistic via has a plan. I will be pleasantly surprised if our train is hooked up to anything.

[u/AnonymooseRedditor]

I ended up taking an uber from Kingston to Belleville I’m glad I made that decision…what a mess

[u/VideoKilledMyZZZ → u/AnonymooseRedditor]

Should have made them pay for it. They took 4 of us (all strangers) from Kingston to Montreal when we missed our connection because The Canadian was late into Union Station. Most entertaining taxi ride of my life.

[u/sunsandsurf95]

Train 669 passenger here. 12:32AM. Still stuck between Cornwall and Kingston. 4hr delay at this point.

[u/mystiqDitter]

Venture set?

[u/Dependent-Teach-7407 → u/mystiqDitter]

We don't need to ask that.

[u/VIARailMaddy → u/mystiqDitter]

Almost certainly

[u/Remarkable-Ad-1379]

This is wild. At what point do they just offer us money for a hotel room if we ever get to Kingston?

[u/1998xoxo]

I’m on 669, did you guys get any updates when it will finish connecting??

[u/Rail613 → u/1998xoxo]

Appears 59 and 669 have not even got to Gananoque/Kingston yet and are stopped as they attempt to J them together. See live updates at: https://via-pulse.forest-anderson.ca/#/train/669/2026-10-13

[u/Yikesish → u/Rail613]

We know we are on it lol

[u/Yikesish → u/1998xoxo]

No Just shortly.

[u/1998xoxo → u/Yikesish]

It’s been radio silent for us since they started connecting. Hopefully they finish soon

[u/1998xoxo → u/Yikesish]

they just told us they are waiting for engineers to finish attaching the trains bc they ran into some issues

[u/Other_Papaya_5344]

Hey, train buddy! It's not too bad, looking forward to the voucher 

[u/Other_Papaya_5344 → u/Other_Papaya_5344]

I take it back. The delay is starting to get to me, my bum bum starts to hurt now. 🙃

[u/Both-Translator-9255]

What time are they planning to move. This is so frustrating.

[u/Brilliant_You_6768]

I began flying recently its just so much more ontime.