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- Subject: Re: Crossing borders
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- Date: 20 Nov 92 20:56:56 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.174144.23564@samba.oit.unc.edu> Rich.Rubel@launchpad.unc.edu (Rich Rubel) writes:
- >
- >When I rode Via to Halifax from Montreal, we crossed Maine. The train was
- >not allowed to stop in the states, and there was no Customs check. I do
- >believe, though, that a US Customs official boarded the train when we
- >entered the states, and left when we recrossed into Canada, just in case
- >there was an emergency stop (real or contrived by a passenger).
-
- The VIA timetable lists six stops in Maine, so I'm pretty sure you
- can get on or off there. A conductor's manifest for one run of this
- train, which I scrounged at Montreal Central Station, shows two passen-
- gers ticketed to get off in Brownville Jct., and two more in Danforth.
-
- I understand that Customs used to check everyone on the train (waking
- them to do so), but now they only check people as they actually get
- on or off in the U.S. I believe the baggage car is sealed by Customs
- in Montreal (eastbound) and McAdam, NB (westbound), and no checked
- baggage service is provided at stops between these points.
-
- Tom Box
- CZ94@MUSICA.MCGILL.CA
-