Passenger Rail Service Returns to Sharbot Lake. Are You Ready Campers? We have done stories previously on VIA Rail fundamentally flawed plan to run slow trains from Toronto - Tweed - Peterborough to Ottawa.  Now comes news that the VIA Rail will be stopping at Sharbot Lake. Good news for campers without tents! Please read our previous story on VIA Rail and Sharbot Lake. Here are a couple fun facts about VIA Rail. 1. VIA Rail High Frequency Rail Plan is More Dangerous than true High Speed Rail . VIA Rail plan is not grade separated. Their plan has trains on the same grade level as autos. Having VIA Rail  tracks at level crossings with roads increases the chances of an auto/train collision. In high speed rail, trains and autos are grade separated eliminating the chance of an accident occurring. That is why the high speed rail system in Japan has never had a fatality after over a half of century of operation. The safety of Canadians traveling by rail should be par...