There was I believe a Korean and a Japanese anchored consortium respectively. Ultimately the French one (SNCF) won out, which is a good thing SNCF are super good HSR operators.
Hell no. Been around the block too many times.
Cadence is the builder. Cadence is a consortium of Air Canada, AtkinsRéalis and SNCF. The railway will be called Alto.
You can't have at level crossings for HSR. They should all be grade separated.
There will be no, zero, nada level crossings.
…opening on Reconciliation Day.
Naw. This nation-building donchaknow. I suspect if there is enough noise from the west that they would throw ffederal money at a Calgary-Edmonton link.
Here's a Wiki breakdown of bidders and winners, plus ALTO's website. It's a lot of pretty words right now.
altotrain.ca
Yes we do.
HSR is a great idea for getting rid of air traffic if the routes are travelled heavily enough to justify the cost. But most people taking the train do it to travel from London to Kitchener or, yes, Edmonton to Calgary: in other words a short haul. I personally would love to be able to avoid driving across Toronto and travel Oakville to Trenton but I only have one choice, leaving at 5:30 and I have to change trains in Toronto. I get 3 other choices if I want to go to Belleville but all require the transfer. If we want to eliminate some traffic we need to develop an inter-city system that actually connects communities and instead of simply catering to business travel between a couple of cities and one doesn't need a 300 kph walled-off track to achieve that. If your train can attain 150 or better between towns you will be offering a better service than the 401 but only if you increase frequency so a client can travel on his/her time and not VIA's
Not everyone wants a car, they're expensive, hold next to no value and can be inconvenient. My wife and I only have only car, and that's repeated amongst most of my friends, that no car whatsoever. Young people now appreciate good urbanism compared to past generations. Just because you don't want to take HSR, doesn't mean a shit ton of people wouldn't find this life changing. In terms of density, the St Lawrence Corridor is one of the densest corridors on the continent, comparable to some of the HSR lines running in France, Germany, Italy, etc.
So another consideration would be how other ground transportation might realign to hub off of or otherwise serve these stations. I don’t k of where the proposed stations will be. People will still need to get to end destinations. I don’t know if they’ll want/be able to push these right through central business districts, or alternatively have truly convenient and reliable commuter service between the HSR stations and same. I’ll take HSR to Toronto if I can conveniently then get to the hotel/concert venue. If I can’t, I won’t. Maybe I’ll drive, maybe I just won’t go to the show.
Interestingly, the build effort of HSR between Edmonton and Calgary (one stop at Edmonton International, one stop in Red Deer, terminate at Calgary International?) would be orders of magnitude simpler than in the Quebec-Windsor corridor. The highway 2 corridor already has close to enough land already without a great deal of urban encroachment.Naw. This nation-building donchaknow. I suspect if there is enough noise from the west that they would throw ffederal money at a Calgary-Edmonton link.
Here's a Wiki breakdown of bidders and winners, plus ALTO's website. It's a lot of pretty words right now.
Alto (high-speed rail) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Alto - Home -
HFR is a world-class transportation infrastructure that puts people first, and redefines the way we live, work and play. This modern rail network will extend over 1,000 km from Toronto to Québec City.
