04-15-2016, 07:30 AM
(04-15-2016, 12:35 AM)Elmira Guy Wrote: I much prefer the provincial plan. And VIA's argument using European HSR v cheap airfares hardly applies in this country.
'High-frequency' hybrid trains planned for Toronto-Montreal corridor
http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/mobile/high-...-1.2859719
VIA thinks that waiting 2 hours for a train is worse than the fact that the train takes 1 more hour than it might if it were higher speed. This might make sense.
The competition here is the car, not the cheap airfare. The car is pretty good at winning the competition right now.

