InfrastructureEnthusiast
Active Member
Well sumer is definitely over now, did I miss an update or has this just fallen off the province's radar?
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YYCguy
Active Member
I think they’re too busy with strikes, recalls and all sorts of other fires (that they started themselves) to put out.
whatchyyc
Active Member
Edmonton to Calgary high-speed rail line could use only Canadian, locally built steel
TransPod CEO Sebastien Gendron said the new partnership came after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum
edmontonjournal.com
I think the province must've underestimated how complicated the master plan would be with all the stakeholders and fitting the rail into the downtowns
outoftheice
Active Member
I've heard through the rumour mill it should be out before Christmas. Given this government's history, expect them to drop it when they need a channel change in the media.
HudsonA08
New Member
They only release studies once they have been changed to say exactly what they want them to say. Editing takes time and money to pay off teams.
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
Waterous just cannot help himself.
ca.news.yahoo.com
I'm sceptical of all of this, a private rail operator who has never operated rail, even a public operator who has never operated rail. I guess it is good that it is some news.
Calgary to Banff rail proponents submit plan for federal major project status
'We can't help but be optimistic (it'll be selected) — it checks off the boxes, has so many benefits not just for the communities along the route but for the country,' said Jan Waterous
I'm sceptical of all of this, a private rail operator who has never operated rail, even a public operator who has never operated rail. I guess it is good that it is some news.
InfrastructureEnthusiast
Active Member
I suspect you're right about that last part, I've looked at possible routes for the YEG end and none will be simple, or cheap...
I didn't think this was still a separate plan? I thought the YYC / Banff project had been absorbed into the Province's plan, and upgraded to HSR?
Sounds likely want more stops than the HSR line would likely have, but I'm not sure that there'd be enough traffic for HSR and an extended commuter speed train.
lemongrab
Active Member
Waterous just cannot help himself.
Calgary to Banff rail proponents submit plan for federal major project status
'We can't help but be optimistic (it'll be selected) — it checks off the boxes, has so many benefits not just for the communities along the route but for the country,' said Jan Waterous
I'm sceptical of all of this, a private rail operator who has never operated rail, even a public operator who has never operated rail. I guess it is good that it is some news.
Tbf Jan seems to be the mouthpiece. But it's super exciting to hear that this project is shovel ready!!!!!!
FriendlyDrunks
Active Member
Some new renders in the CBC story
CalgaryTiger
Senior Member
That's not a lot of capacity... Better be some decent frequency.
NWUrbanism
Active Member
"Shovel ready"; all that's left is to choose the route, reach an agreement to use CPKC's right of way, and design the stations and downtown elevated portion (if that's still the plan?).
CBBarnett
Senior Member
This strikes me as yet another strange attention-gathering attempt with some press-release journalism. Nothing is new or more shovel-ready than 3 or 4 months ago when they published their last press release.
What's always been weird is this family is just on their own proposing and coming up with stuff, announcing things as if they are progress when really they are still at the booster/advocacy stage. If you read any of these articles carefully, the boosters are advocating for their specific project with details apparently figured out (cost sharing, hydrogen trains for some reason, "shovel-ready" declarations etc.), whereas every other commenter, the province, the mayor etc. is talking about Calgary to Banff rail as a good idea more generally.
What's always been weird is this family is just on their own proposing and coming up with stuff, announcing things as if they are progress when really they are still at the booster/advocacy stage. If you read any of these articles carefully, the boosters are advocating for their specific project with details apparently figured out (cost sharing, hydrogen trains for some reason, "shovel-ready" declarations etc.), whereas every other commenter, the province, the mayor etc. is talking about Calgary to Banff rail as a good idea more generally.
darwink
Senior Member
Danielle Smith wants hydrogen, Bow Valley environmentalists are against emissions and noise from diesel, so hydrogen it is.
There has been a lot more work on this than is public, it is stuck in analysis paralysis as the province plays with what it wants, versus what can be funded by partners. The province already changed the entire financing side of the project 3 years ago, not seeming to understand that changing one thing changed a lot of things, then balking at the cost of their change.
Hopefully with the masterplan the logjam can be broken.
Am I wrong in thinking a diesel train would be a drop in the bucket compared to all the auto/truck/bus traffic already on highways 1 and 1A, and the existing 3000 metre long freight trains in the corridor?
darwink
Senior Member
They'd also support closing the highway and freight rail.