nfitz
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Somewhere in the 600 posts in the thread, I haven't seen those. Do you have?I was only referring to the links posted earlier that suggested he is for it.
Somewhere in the 600 posts in the thread, I haven't seen those. Do you have?I was only referring to the links posted earlier that suggested he is for it.
The "Highway 7" route could easily be linked up to the 407 corridor east of Toronto. This wouldn't take the train downtown, but it would take it past a connection with the TTC subway at Vaughan City Centre
To be fair, neither does Kingston. The population density surrounding both cities is pretty much the same. While Kingston is larger, Peterborough is surrounded mainly by farmland while Kingston has a lot more Canadian Shield nearby. Kingston being a good stop for HSR has more to do with location than population - it's halfway between Montreal and Toronto. For Peterborough, it's close enough to Toronto to make conventional rail ideal (with upgraded tracks from what currently exist of course).
Here ya go!Somewhere in the 600 posts in the thread, I haven't seen those. Do you have?
from the latest polls it sounds like the Liberals are gaining in strength
http://ca.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idCATRE53F7GC20090416
iggy is a fan
http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1525284
http://www.thestar.com/article/612931
Hmm, interesting. I don't see anything in the third link (from the Star) but the one from the Niagara Falls Review says "In Chatham, he talked about the need for high-speed rail service in the Windsor-Quebec corridor.".Here ya go!
I wouldn't be so sure. That 50 km radius around Kingston would be pretty much limited to those two towns. Do the same thing with Peterborough and there's Lindsay, Port Hope, Port Perry, Cobourg, and Bowmanville, all of which are the same size or bigger than Gananoque and Napanee.I was referring to Napanee, Gananoque, etc. I would think that if you were to draw a 50km radius around Kingston that there would be far more potential customers than Peterborough.
Other than that you are right. We need that halfway stop to connect with VIA regular services for those travelling to destinations other than Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal.
One way to look at it is what is the current bus demand. How many buses per day between Kingston and Toronto; Kingston and Ottawal; and Kingston and Montreal. How many buses per day betweek Peterborough and Toronto, Peterborough and Kingston, and Peterborough and Montreal? I don't know the answers to these (though have spent a bit of time at the old Voyageur terminal in Kingston watching the buses come and go).I wouldn't be so sure. That 50 km radius around Kingston would be pretty much limited to those two towns. Do the same thing with Peterborough and there's Lindsay, Port Hope, Port Perry, Cobourg, and Bowmanville, all of which are the same size or bigger than Gananoque and Napanee.
For Greyhound trips from Toronto, there are 12 per day to Peterborough and 4 per day to Kingston. But that doesn't tell the whole story because Kingston is served by rail - 10 trains every day.One way to look at it is what is the current bus demand. How many buses per day between Kingston and Toronto; Kingston and Ottawal; and Kingston and Montreal. How many buses per day betweek Peterborough and Toronto, Peterborough and Kingston, and Peterborough and Montreal? I don't know the answers to these (though have spent a bit of time at the old Voyageur terminal in Kingston watching the buses come and go).
One way to look at it is what is the current bus demand. How many buses per day between Kingston and Toronto; Kingston and Ottawal; and Kingston and Montreal. How many buses per day betweek Peterborough and Toronto, Peterborough and Kingston, and Peterborough and Montreal? I don't know the answers to these (though have spent a bit of time at the old Voyageur terminal in Kingston watching the buses come and go).
So what are the contemporary estimates for the cost of HSR? For simplicity, lets say a routing of Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal and "HSR" means a route which allows consistent speeds in excess of 300 km/h. How would HSR manage snow? Would the route have to be plowed every time there is a significant downpour?
well they're planning on putting one through Siberia all the way from Korea, and they have one in London, where it snows btw, and it snows in Paris as well, obviously not as much as here, but i'm sure they have methods for getting rid of the snow, and if snow was such a big concern i'm pretty sure it would affect trains that go 120 -150 km/h, i'm pretty sure they could do something, if anything I imagine the weight of the train alone on the tracks would do the job....that's what i think [emphasis added]