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[jks]

Makes me wanna cry when i think of the sad state of VIA.

 

[wonderboy416]

How does Canada NOT have a modern high speed rail network linking together our major cities? I don't care if it was heavily subsidized by tax payers, it would be terrific for the country and worth investing in.

VIA is so expensive and takes so long to get to Montreal when you consider total travel time you might as well take Coach Canada and save a small fortune.

 

[kEiThZ]

I think its unfair to slag VIA and Canada. The Chinese are undertaking transportation improvements at a later stage of development. They also have to move large numbers of people through dense areas. That's perfect for high speed trains.

Conversely, most of Canada's population with the exception of the Quebec-Windsor corridor is rather sparsely populated. That's why we developed a network of airports and vast airlines (Air Canada and Westjet are rather large relative to our population). However, that will change with time. We'll get high speed rail now that its becoming much more feasible in certain corridors (Quebec-Windsor, Calgary-Edmonton).

 

[urbanfan89]

Most ironic is the fact that Bombardier is a key player in China's HSR projects.

 

[MisterF]

^True enough. Where Bombardier has usually designed parts for other companies' high speed trains or done joint projects with other companies, they now have their own model of high speed train.

I think its unfair to slag VIA and Canada. The Chinese are undertaking transportation improvements at a later stage of development. They also have to move large numbers of people through dense areas. That's perfect for high speed trains.

Conversely, most of Canada's population with the exception of the Quebec-Windsor corridor is rather sparsely populated. That's why we developed a network of airports and vast airlines (Air Canada and Westjet are rather large relative to our population). However, that will change with time. We'll get high speed rail now that its becoming much more feasible in certain corridors (Quebec-Windsor, Calgary-Edmonton).

High speed rail in the Windsor-Quebec corridor has been viable for decades, especially between Toronto and Montreal. You don't need Chinese density to support high speed rail. Mind you, the longer we wait and the more the population of the corridor grows, the more bulletproof the business case becomes.