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High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitchener/London
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It's unlikely as high-speed trains (at least the kind we're hoping for) have very particular requirements, namely the elimination of all grade crossings. That's going to be an impossibility in Guelph, where the line runs down the middle of Kent Street for two blocks.

I think the problem with building stations in both KW and Guelph is that they're too close together. The train would barely be able to get up to speed before it had to slow down again. If the new alignment can't run in downtown Kitchener either, they could always build one by the airport, but I hope they'll be able to use the new station at King in Victoria. Passengers for Guelph can always switch to some sort of shuttle train or a GO train to reach Guelph.
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RE: High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitchener/London - by DHLawrence - 12-07-2014, 08:14 PM

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