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Originally Posted by AylmerOptimist
So the article says that it would take 2 hours for a TO-MTL trip. Guessing that's about 600km, the train would travle at 300km/h.
So here's the approxomate timetables for OT,TO,MTL and QC
OT-TO 500km : 1h40 TO-MTL 600km : 2h MTL-QC 300km : 1h
OT-MTL 200km : 35min TO-QC 100km: 3h
OT-QC 500km : 1h40
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Remember, you can't travel full speed inside cities without massive rework (think London St. Pancreas and the EuroStar link). Also have to factor in acceleration, and deceleration based on how many stops.
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Originally Posted by Jared
On another note, does anyone have any idea how much it would cost just to do some basic signaling upgrades, track purchases etc. that would allow Via to run trains at, say 175km/h consistently, and without delays from freight trains?
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Alot of the cost for HSR is securing new ROW, and then grade seperating it. I can't imagine it would be that much cheaper to build new standard rail , besides the obvious avoidance of full grade seperation, and not needing traction power.