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High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitchener/London
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(12-10-2014, 08:54 PM)Canard Wrote: Report says $19 for HSR if you book 1+ month in advance actually.  But all of these prices are just suggestions/examples, nothing concrete.

UP's pricing is in line with what it costs to take a taxi or the express bus.  In other cities it's a similar fare; they get the tourists and business travelers who will fork out the coin for the 1 time they visit the city per year or every couple of years.  It's not for daily commuters.

Montreal has an interesting pricing model for the express bus to the airport (which allegedly seriously cut into taxi revenues): it is public transit, but you have to have a day pass ($10), a weekly pass, or a monthly pass to take it. Single-ride tickets (even purchased in a bunch) don't work on it. One could imagine something similar for the UP, although the will to do that doesn't seem to exist. It is cheaper than a taxi and 50% more expensive than the Airport Express used to cost.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/06/..._fall.html
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RE: High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitchener/London - by plam - 12-10-2014, 09:56 PM

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