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High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitchener/London
I am sure the EA will come back saying Chatham and Guelph are not acceptable for whatever reasons and give the government cover to say Chatham and Guelph, "well, we tried" and to the rest of the province, "we're being fiscally responsible" and just doing the Windsor-London-KW-Pearson-Union route.



Any thoughts on the projected ridership?
"Based on projections consistent with the Province’s Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe (2006), over 10 million travellers annually are forecast to use HSR in the Toronto-Windsor corridor by 2041. As a comparison, in 2015, VIA Rail carried approximately 920,000 passengers in the Toronto-Windsor corridor and 3.6 million passengers in the entire Quebec City-Windsor corridor."

"HSR will present a significant change to the transportation landscape in the Toronto-Windsor corridor. In 2041, over 10 million travellers annually are forecast to use HSR and the service will capture an 11% mode share in the corridor, taking more than five million cars off of Southwestern Ontario’s highways."



At first glance I thought that 10,000,000 riders up from 920,000 seems like a huge overestimate, but considering the change in services level (much higher frequency, shorter travel times) and a growing population it doesn't seem high enough. 25,000 riders a day, riding in two-directions, for 200 workdays a year gets you 10 million trips.
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.
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RE: High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitchener/London - by Pheidippides - 05-21-2017, 02:11 PM

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