High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitchener/London

[tomh009]

High speed or not so high speed ... here is what I see as fundamentals, and the key priorities for rail between Kitchener and Toronto:

• Dedicated track
  
• No level crossings
  
• Reasonable frequency
  

Combine those three, and we would at the minimum have effective, quick service to downtown Toronto (and ideally also to Pearson).

Only after that would I worry about 160 km/h vs 300 km/h.  Especially since we're talking about only 100 km of distance.  For Toronto-Montreal high speed makes more of a difference, but it's still a shorter route than most of the shinkansen routes in Hapan.