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High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitchener/London
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My understanding (probably not as detailed as most of you guys) is that a lot of the cost of HSR is around the safety around the track/road crossings - in particular removing level and uncontrolled crossings.

So if we're talking about a train that spends most of its time at 160km/h or most of its time at ~250km/h I agree, the high speed part isn't necessarily that big of a deal. But if the 160km/h version of the train actually involves constantly slowing down when travelling through cities and towns for safety reasons - then that's a much bigger difference.
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RE: High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitchener/London - by SammyOES - 11-04-2015, 02:17 PM

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