There will always be naysayers, but the reality is that most of our county’s population is concentrated in areas that have a population density comparable to that of many European countries. Rail can absolutely be a viable option for many trips.
Golf-Hotel on
As they should. Now you just have to make sure the crazies stay off.
litesxmas on
This is great news. The work in Europe.
UpperLowerCanadian on
Talking with my father about how he used to be able to take the train to Edmonton from rural Alberta (town of 500) and return the same day on the train.
I would fucking kill for a fast train to avoid driving it would be so great.
However as a whole we are too simpleminded and argumentative to ever achieve that now
Acceptable_Visit_115 on
The Confederation was built on rails.
Trains are good.
BoppityBop2 on
Good to see the rebirth, and hopefully more to come in the years, want to see a trillion dollar project to connect more of the country with railways and passenger rail while we are at it.
manniesalado on
Two comments. First, the Northlander is a disaster with three train sets only managing one round trip a day at horrible times. And second, the money set aside to build HSR would be much better spent upgrading the existing corridor to get Montreal-Toronto down to 3 1/2 hours which I think is very possible and will serve a lot more people then the line through the bush they are now considering for HSR.
I_am_always_here on
That cover photo is from my home town, Victoria, BC. That station is no longer there, and that bridge has since been replaced with a new one that does not have rail tracks:
There is considerable discussion about using the remainder of the rail tracks for metro LRT service (there is none) and/or restarting passenger rail service to northern Vancouver Island. There is a major traffic bottleneck of one highway from Victoria to northern Vancouver Island, and frequent accidents often closes it for hours.
Accomplished_Try_179 on
We need to get China to build a HSR from Vancouver to Toronto. Via rail sucks.
Mythran12 on
Anyone have link to the article? There is a paywall
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Love to see it.
There will always be naysayers, but the reality is that most of our county’s population is concentrated in areas that have a population density comparable to that of many European countries. Rail can absolutely be a viable option for many trips.
As they should. Now you just have to make sure the crazies stay off.
This is great news. The work in Europe.
Talking with my father about how he used to be able to take the train to Edmonton from rural Alberta (town of 500) and return the same day on the train.
I would fucking kill for a fast train to avoid driving it would be so great.
However as a whole we are too simpleminded and argumentative to ever achieve that now
The Confederation was built on rails.
Trains are good.
Good to see the rebirth, and hopefully more to come in the years, want to see a trillion dollar project to connect more of the country with railways and passenger rail while we are at it.
Two comments. First, the Northlander is a disaster with three train sets only managing one round trip a day at horrible times. And second, the money set aside to build HSR would be much better spent upgrading the existing corridor to get Montreal-Toronto down to 3 1/2 hours which I think is very possible and will serve a lot more people then the line through the bush they are now considering for HSR.
That cover photo is from my home town, Victoria, BC. That station is no longer there, and that bridge has since been replaced with a new one that does not have rail tracks:
[https://maps.app.goo.gl/MCaSo2DhaqzoBzXe9](https://maps.app.goo.gl/MCaSo2DhaqzoBzXe9)
There is considerable discussion about using the remainder of the rail tracks for metro LRT service (there is none) and/or restarting passenger rail service to northern Vancouver Island. There is a major traffic bottleneck of one highway from Victoria to northern Vancouver Island, and frequent accidents often closes it for hours.
We need to get China to build a HSR from Vancouver to Toronto. Via rail sucks.
Anyone have link to the article? There is a paywall