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submitted 1 year ago by Grappling7155@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Canada is great at high-speed rail studies โ€” but not at actually building high-speed rail. So why is it the only country in the developed world considering a new conventional-speed passenger network?

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[-] villasv@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not with that mentality! lol jk

Trains competing with planes don't have to win by speed. Even if it takes 5x longer, I'd prefer taking the train. And that's a feasible speed for HSR. The current state is >20x longer, so yeah if we don't put in the effort of building HSR through the rockies, they will never compete indeed.

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