A planned high-speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City could dramatically increase the number of trains that travel along the corridor each day, according to internal documents.
A train an hour seems reasonable to me at this point. I think a train every 20 minutes would result in a lot of empty trains. Good to have extra capacity for the future though.
I really hope they don’t wait decades to build the other half the line once Toronto-Quebec City is done. Windsor itself may not be big enough to drive major traffic, but I’d bet that if you put stops in Kitchener and London, those two would be very busy.
If they build it (well), and make it reasonable cost to use, it will get used. People will adapt to the easier and quicker connections of the cities and the demand will rise to the supply. Unfortunately this means it won’t reduce traffic anywhere. But it will be good for business.
Well, I don’t know about reasonable cost. In the EU, high speed rail is more expensive than flying. But it’s also significantly better and faster than flying.
A train an hour seems reasonable to me at this point. I think a train every 20 minutes would result in a lot of empty trains. Good to have extra capacity for the future though.
I really hope they don’t wait decades to build the other half the line once Toronto-Quebec City is done. Windsor itself may not be big enough to drive major traffic, but I’d bet that if you put stops in Kitchener and London, those two would be very busy.
If they build it (well), and make it reasonable cost to use, it will get used. People will adapt to the easier and quicker connections of the cities and the demand will rise to the supply. Unfortunately this means it won’t reduce traffic anywhere. But it will be good for business.
Well, I don’t know about reasonable cost. In the EU, high speed rail is more expensive than flying. But it’s also significantly better and faster than flying.