High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitchener/London

[mpd618]

High speed or not so high speed ... here is what I see as fundamentals, and the key priorities for rail between Kitchener and Toronto:

• Dedicated track
  
• No level crossings
  
• Reasonable frequency
  

Combine those three, and we would at the minimum have effective, quick service to downtown Toronto (and ideally also to Pearson).

Only after that would I worry about 160 km/h vs 300 km/h.

Worrying about it at the point at which corridors are being acquired and infrastructure is being built seems prudent. These aren't projects that you can undertake every 5 years - if it's being done, and a reasonable cost increment can make it substantially better, it's worth considering. I don't understand why everyone is so quick to write off proper high speed rail. The hard stuff is what you said - dedicated track and no level crossings; making it high speed on top of that is AFAIK not the expensive part.