Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C

[ijmorlan]

GO Transit's MP54 locomotives can do 180 km/h and VIA Rail's upcoming SC-44 can do 200 km/h. With proper track and crossings we could easily have 45-minute service from Kitchener to Union Station, and 90-minute service from London. HSR would not be required -- but track improvements would be.

I did not know that. Those speeds are near what I would call HSR, even though I know it’s well below the speeds of the super-fast trains in Europe, Japan, and China. Especially for the short distances between Waterloo and Toronto, there is no need to go much faster — 45 minutes Kitchener to Union Station would easily outpace any bus or airplane, when considered in the context of the whole trip.