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Interesting developments regarding trains in Alberta.

Danielle Smith, transportation minister in Calgary for passenger rail forum

Premier Danielle Smith and her minister of transportation spoke at a passenger rail forum in Calgary on Friday, adding more speculation about what could be in store for travel options for Albertans in the years ahead.

calgary.ctvnews.ca

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-passenger-rail-plan-1.7391158

Alberta government wants Calgary to have their own "Toronto style" Union Station.

'Walking and chewing bubble gum': Province moves closer to new Green Line and commuter rail for Calgary - LiveWire Calgary

It’s full steam ahead for rail in Alberta, with the province engaging in full scale discussions with industry and municipalities over the future of light and heavy rail transit. Part of those conversations include Calgary’s Green Line, which according to Minister of Transportation and Economic...

livewirecalgary.com

The only thing missing would be an actual passenger rail corridor. And indeed, it would be ironic if the entry of a Conservative givernment and their elimination of the Canada Infrastructure Bank would delay the obvious first such corridor: an airport-to-downtown link…

 

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The only thing missing would be an actual passenger rail corridor. And indeed, it would be ironic if the entry of a Conservative givernment and their elimination of the Canada Infrastructure Bank would delay the obvious first such corridor: an airport-to-downtown link…

They launched a public survey regarding this 2 days ago, and also hosted a consultation conference with international experts that same day.

Survey: https://www.alberta.ca/passenger-rail-engagement

Conference Article: https://calgary.citynews.ca/2024/11/22/alberta-passenger-rail-consultation/

Reminder for those who missed it, this is their current crayon of what they want to build:

 

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They launched a public survey regarding this 2 days ago, and also hosted a consultation conference with international experts that same day.

Survey: https://www.alberta.ca/passenger-rail-engagement

Conference Article: https://calgary.citynews.ca/2024/11/22/alberta-passenger-rail-consultation/

Reminder for those who missed it, this is their current crayon of what they want to build:
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With reconstruction going on, I am surprised they did not also add Jasper to this.

 

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With reconstruction going on, I am surprised they did not also add Jasper to this.

This is the same map that was first shown off back in May, so this was before Jasper burned down.

As for why Jasper isn't on here, I imagine its simply because the Canadian already exists to serve Edmonton <--> Jasper. Now obviously I'd love for a province run service to be added to the plan so that we can have more than just 2 trains per week, but as it stands I don't see the province wanting to duplicate existing services, over adding services to towns/cities that don't yet have rail connections.

 

[nfitz]

As for why Jasper isn't on here, I imagine its simply because the Canadian already exists to serve Edmonton <--> Jasper. Now obviously I'd love for a province run service to be added to the plan so that we can have more than just 2 trains per week, but as it stands I don't see the province wanting to duplicate existing services, over adding services to towns/cities that don't yet have rail connections.

Jasper is the same track as Grande Prairie for the first 250 km. I'd think the question is why aren't the other tracks there. Or why the southern regional rail lines don't enter Calgary.

The answer is likely simply that it's a low-quality graphic with little real meaning.