[YEG imagineer]

With a potential Grande Prairie route, there is going to have to be lots of track laid northwest of Fox Creek to connect to Grande Prairie or else upgrading the Grande Cache route which will be longer. Could also connect Fahler to Rycroft but this would be some extra distance too. Lots of $$$$ to get just the line built or upgraded.

 

[dkazzed]

Honestly other than EllisDon being involved, I thought this thread was just going to die off as quickly as it came. Strong support for HSR in Alberta not only by Albertans but also a conservative government was certainly not on my bingo card.

 

[Platinum107]

Honestly other than EllisDon being involved, I thought this thread was just going to die off as quickly as it came. Strong support for HSR in Alberta not only by Albertans but also a conservative government was certainly not on my bingo card.

I honestly have some hope for the first time ever regarding rail in Alberta for this reason. If the Conservative agovernment is really pushing for this to happen and is genuinely interested, NDP or any other party would probably be just as keen if not more!

 

[Edmcowboy11]

Approve this already and either Ellis Don do this or simply get a Japanese or Chinese company who has already built 1000s of kilometers of hsr, come in and build it for us.

 

[Glenco]

HSR is a wet dream. We have far greater priorities like regional rail, urban rail etc.

 

[David A]

HSR is a wet dream. We have far greater priorities like regional rail, urban rail etc.

The Alberta government has been very clever in its communication to tie this all together with commuter and regional rail.

However, I feel when this starts to go beyond conceptual it will just be commuter rail and service to the airports that they will be pushing.

 

[Coprolite]

Approve this already and either Ellis Don do this or simply get a Japanese or Chinese company who has already built 1000s of kilometers of hsr, come in and build it for us.

There's no plan yet to approve. Timelines are into the next 15 years.

 

[Edmcowboy11]

There's no plan yet to approve. Timelines are into the next 15 years.

Oh I know. Makes me sad that we are years and years behind so many countries with rail and we have practically nothing. As I start travelling more and more it's so obvious how far behind we are to a lot of the world.

 

[Gronk!]

Green Light for Development of a High-Speed Rail Network Between Toronto and Québec City​

Green Light for Development of a High-Speed Rail Network Between Toronto and Québec City

/CNW/ - Earlier today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister Anita Anand unveiled Cadence, the consortium selected to design the Toronto-Québec City...

www.newswire.ca

 

[Gronk!]

High-speed rail line with 300 km/h trains will run between Toronto and Quebec City, Trudeau announces​

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-announces-high-speed-rail-quebec-toronto-1.7462538

 

[YEG imagineer]

Up to 5 years of study. Again. So construction start is 2030 at the earliest. Consultants making $3.9 B. Again.

 

[David A]

Its going to take time to plan, but this seems both more ambitious and more solid than what was previously proposed by the Feds for this route.

 

[Greenspace]

Up to 5 years of study. Again. So construction start is 2030 at the earliest. Consultants making $3.9 B. Again.

Actually not a study, it's the design phase. Design/build consortium has been selected, HSR selected, route selected, construction could start in 5 years time if we want as a country to get it done.

 

[Tropical]

I like the route. Let's hope this creates more momentum for rail in the 2nd most viable corridor (ours).

 

[Glenco]

Green Light for Development of a High-Speed Rail Network Between Toronto and Québec City​

Green Light for Development of a High-Speed Rail Network Between Toronto and Québec City

/CNW/ - Earlier today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister Anita Anand unveiled Cadence, the consortium selected to design the Toronto-Québec City...

www.newswire.ca

There is no justification to run the train to Quebec City. This will add unnecessary costs to phases of planning and design rendering the whole thing unviable