[InfrastructureEnthusiast]

https://www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...enger-rail-study-set-to-be-released-in-weeks/

My prediction / wishlist:

2030:
3 leg Calgary commuter rail complete
YYC / Banff HSR complete
Daily Jasper / Edmonton service established

2035:
YYC / Red Deer / YEG HSR complete
YEG LRT extension complete
Red Deer region commuter rail established
Commuter rail extension to Banff
Jasper / Edmonton line upgraded to 240kph


2040:
YEG / Edmonton HSR complete (maybe?)
Calgary / Lethbridge HSR extension
240kph lines to Med Hat, Ft Mac, Grand Prairie

2045:
240kph links into Saskatchewan
Service extensions into BC, Golden, Valemont, Fernie
Amtrack connection from Lethbridge

I'm prepared to be disappointed!

 

[Surrealplaces]

My prediction / wishlist:

2030:
3 leg Calgary commuter rail complete
YYC / Banff HSR complete
Daily Jasper / Edmonton service established

That would make me happy. Unpopular opinion here, but I don't care as much about YYC-YEG, I'd much rather see YYC-Banff done first. Tourism to Banff isn't going to slow down, it's only going to get busier. We need to get started on it now so it can be finished sometime within the next decade.

 

[InfrastructureEnthusiast]

That would make me happy. Unpopular opinion here, but I don't care as much about YYC-YEG, I'd much rather see YYC-Banff done first. Tourism to Banff isn't going to slow down, it's only going to get busier. We need to get started on it now so it can be finished sometime within the next decade.

Those are the ones that make the most economic sense, for sure.

The rest of it is 'nation building' for the most part. May not ever get full cost recovery, but would still be good to have.

At some point the YEG HSR link will make economic sense too though. Can't expand YYC any further, and it makes more sense to link a nearby airport that comes with 1m+ customers than to build another one in the Calgary region.