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'DrawingroomA' over on the 'TrainOrders Forum' has posted a recent trip report there on the return of VIA Business Class (similar to 1st Class) in the Corridor. A few points from that report as follows:
Although service has been simplified.....it still sounds pretty positive! I'm certainly anxious to give it a try but I'm in no rush to leave our 'Atlantic Bubble'! Maybe when the Ocean is running again I'll head for Montreal.
- Station lounges have re-opened in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa but only cold drinks are available. No hot drinks or newspapers.
- Passengers can sit anywhere. Most aisle seats are marked with a “do not sit here” sign. Two people travelling together can sit in adjacent seats. There was low occupancy of the car.
- Regular meals are again served: At breakfast a choice of a cold or hot breakfast, at lunch, a choice of two hot and one cold meal, and at dinner a choice of three hot meals. Instead of a warmed dinner roll from a basket, a cold roll is on the meal tray.
- The only bar service is red or white wine and a selection of beer. There is no longer a glass for wine but you are now given a plastic cup with an individual 200 ml. bottle of wine.
- There is no china mug for coffee or tea.....but is served in a paper cup
- The hot food and salad are still served on crockery and the cutlery is stainless steel.
Although service has been simplified.....it still sounds pretty positive! I'm certainly anxious to give it a try but I'm in no rush to leave our 'Atlantic Bubble'! Maybe when the Ocean is running again I'll head for Montreal.
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