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Canada is great at high-speed rail studies — but not at actually building high-speed rail. So why is it the only country in the developed world considering a new conventional-speed passenger network?

Created by Paige Saunders with special guest Reece Martin

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I’m not even sure I mind low speed rail. I just want more and cheaper lines to everywhere. It’s way nicer than busses.

Comparing to buses, sure, LSR is fine.

Vancouver to Toronto takes 4 days by train, though. So if we want trains to compete with airplanes, it has to be HSR.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Trains will never compete with planes on a route that long, even if they were high speed. Also good luck building HSR through the rockies

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Not with that mentality! lol jk

Trains competing with planes don't have to win by speed. Even if it takes 5x longer, I'd prefer taking the train. And that's a feasible speed for HSR. The current state is >20x longer, so yeah if we don't put in the effort of building HSR through the rockies, they will never compete indeed.