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High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitchener/London
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(12-08-2014, 09:33 AM)BuildingScout Wrote: If this were to happen in America it would have to be done privately, likely by BNSF. Still not something I'd bank money on.

Florida's privately held East Coast Railway is planning to launch high speed rail by 2017 so stranger things have happened.

(12-08-2014, 04:47 PM)panamaniac Wrote: I remain confused that the Province is talking about both enhanced GO service and HSR.  Add in VIA and it seems like overkill to me.

The provincial government has two goals:
1, more frequent rail service everywhere (including the Kitchener line)
2, faster rail service in some place (definitely electric, possibly HSR)

The federal government has one goal:
1, get out of passenger rail service*

*or at least keep the funding to such a minimal amount, that VIA is slowly forced to reduce service, which reduces ridership, which reduces service, etc.

Long-term, I could see VIA continuing to maintain long-distance routes, while GO/Metrolink provides regional service, similar to the current arrangement where VIA services runs express through most of Toronto while GO stops at every stop.
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RE: High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitchener/London - by nms - 12-08-2014, 05:53 PM

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