03-04-2023, 11:05 PM
(03-04-2023, 09:07 PM)ac3r Wrote: High speed rail is back on the menu, which will surely get 86'd as it always does: https://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/tr/new...d-not.html
Could we ever hope for a Brightline North? If it can be demonstrated that privately owned passenger service can make a profit, maybe we can even convince CP and CN to get back in the game (or at least make their tracks available)... I can dream can't I?
I know that part of the challenges is that VIA and Metrolinx believe that they are fighting over the same market share and absolutely refuse to find a middle ground. (If this covered in the article, I apologize. I can't get into the article even though I subscribe to the Star)
I couldn't help thinking with reports of Pearson limiting flights during peak times what would happen if some of the domestic trips were shifted to high speed rail. Yes, we're never going to have a 4-hour train trip to Calgary (or Winnipeg for that matter), but if there was a way to eliminate the hourly flights from Pearson to Montreal (and equivalent jumps), that would definitely ease up on some of the pressure at Pearson.