NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #27/NN_1992_27.iso/spool/rec/railroad/9147

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From: [e-mail] (John Kolassa)
Newsgroups: rec.railroad
Subject: Re: Amtrak's future under a Clinton administration
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Date: 21 Nov 92 21:47:40 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Allon Percus) writes:
> > A possible solution would be for customs to go through the train while it
> > is travelling.  This has been implemented in Europe for as long as I remember
> > (and I am over 40 years, I think the last cases where you had to get out of
> > the train or somesuch was in the late 50s).
>
> And furthermore I think this would be very easy to do on the Montreal
> trains as there is no passenger stop on the Canadian side of the border
> until St-Lambert (just outside of Montreal itself).  This gives the
> border officials almost an hour or so do their inspections, etc.  For
> the southbound trains they could get on at Montreal (where there is
> already a U.S. Customs office at the train station), begin the inspection
> after St-Lambert and then get off after the border.  For the northbound
> trains it's basically the same thing, they could get on at the border,
> which would give them plenty of time to finish the inspection before
> arriving at St-Lambert.
>
> Allon Percus

This solution appears to be ideal.  Too bad:
1) It hasn't been implimented.
2) It wouldn't also work on trains to Toronto, which make important stops
close to the border on both sides.
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Thanks, John Kolassa, [e-mail]