It will run 300 km/hour. Toronto to Montreal in three hours. We even have a name for it, Alto. The winning consortium is Cadence, so that’s the contract sorted.
Remember to thank Anand on your commute today.
!ping CAN
Zrk2 on
I know I’m just a pessimist, but Canadian institutional incompetence will kill this.
anothercar on
Wow SNCF is back in North America after the debacle in California. (Cries in Californian)
JoyofCookies on
Where was this energy before JT—I will miss you 😢
_GregTheGreat_ on
Call me cynical, but I feel there’s a reason why this was announced right on the verge of an election where they’re still the heavy favourites to lose (even after the potential Carney bump)
I’ll believe in North American HSR when trains start actually rolling
VerticalTab on
> As Canada’s largest ever infrastructure project, high-speed rail
Is this actually true? idk, the first big train project comes to mind.
lilbitcountry on
I don’t understand why this is so popular. There are already multiple flights every half hour in the triangle. Who is going to be using this rail line that wouldn’t already be serviced by our three regional airlines? We need high frequency regional rail and housing densification in those markets, not this white elephant.
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It will run 300 km/hour. Toronto to Montreal in three hours. We even have a name for it, Alto. The winning consortium is Cadence, so that’s the contract sorted.
Remember to thank Anand on your commute today.
!ping CAN
I know I’m just a pessimist, but Canadian institutional incompetence will kill this.
Wow SNCF is back in North America after the debacle in California. (Cries in Californian)
Where was this energy before JT—I will miss you 😢
Call me cynical, but I feel there’s a reason why this was announced right on the verge of an election where they’re still the heavy favourites to lose (even after the potential Carney bump)
I’ll believe in North American HSR when trains start actually rolling
> As Canada’s largest ever infrastructure project, high-speed rail
Is this actually true? idk, the first big train project comes to mind.
I don’t understand why this is so popular. There are already multiple flights every half hour in the triangle. Who is going to be using this rail line that wouldn’t already be serviced by our three regional airlines? We need high frequency regional rail and housing densification in those markets, not this white elephant.
https://preview.redd.it/gmxudjmy34ke1.jpeg?width=390&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c92290db7e8721cc8338e3841710f325ccf3b5c
Project page is here: https://altotrain.ca/en/