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Canadian74
August 10th, 2007, 02:36 AM
Here's the full story...

http://www.metronews.ca/story_local.aspx?id=67804

Xelebes
August 10th, 2007, 10:44 AM
Heh... metronews.

hkskyline
August 10th, 2007, 11:05 AM
I'm surprised it'd be between Calgary and Edmonton while the much heavier-populated corridor from Windsor-Toronto-Montreal can't sustain one.

Canadian74
August 10th, 2007, 07:57 PM
^^ Isn't VIA already there?

hkskyline
August 10th, 2007, 08:27 PM
^^ Isn't VIA already there?

VIA is not high speed rail.

Canadian74
August 10th, 2007, 09:16 PM
I know that... But atleast there is rail service. There is absolutely no rail service between Calgary and Edmonton.

elfreako
August 11th, 2007, 01:23 PM
Would be nice to eventually see an Edmonton-Calgary-Vancouver-Seattle high-speed rail link. It would definiitely be one of the most scenic journeys in the world!

Xelebes
August 12th, 2007, 09:47 AM
I don't think one between Calgary and Vancouver will happen anytime soon. We might have it go up to Fort McMurray - or if Saskatchewan's population booms once again, one to Regina and Saskatoon will happen.

mr.x
August 12th, 2007, 10:04 AM
one from Vancouver to Calgary would be quite expensive with all those mountains, if at all possible.......and not to mention bloody expensive. i wouldn't be surprised if it cost more than a hundred billion with all those geological issues.

Xelebes
August 12th, 2007, 10:14 AM
Between Munich and Venice there is only one mountain range. Between Calgary and Vancouver, there is at least 3 mountain ranges.

mr.x
August 12th, 2007, 10:28 AM
Between Munich and Venice there is only one mountain range. Between Calgary and Vancouver, there is at least 3 mountain ranges.

yea, precisely.....and the biggest of them all, the Rockies.

maybe we could lure all the Chinese again to build the high-speed railway just like how we got them to build the Pacific railroad in the 1800's.:lol: Cheap labour.

elfreako
August 12th, 2007, 11:43 AM
Yeah, wishful thinking. Hey, why not get the Japanese or Swiss to built you a 500km tunnel?

geoking66
August 26th, 2007, 09:00 AM
Yeah, wishful thinking. Hey, why not get the Japanese or Swiss to built you a 500km tunnel?

Well the Japanese built the longest rail tunnel in the world, why not do it again? Anyway, I'm surprised that a high-speed link between Windsor and Ottawa has never been developed, maybe even a connection to Detriot.

trainrover
January 8th, 2012, 09:52 PM
No wonder this very thread itself had been listed at the bottom of my "high speed" thread search here in this forum :D For the record ;)

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January 8th, 2012, 11:26 PM
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Neb81
March 13th, 2012, 03:27 AM
No wonder this very thread itself had been listed at the bottom of my "high speed" thread search here in this forum :D For the record ;)

Damn, you beat me to it! This vid really says it all :lol: