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Originally Posted by Metro-One
So is this inter-urban the same commuter train mentioned in another thread, where they used the 2010 machine to help boost its publicity?
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The interurban is more about connecting smaller town centres to each other... a Chilliwack resident going to school at Kwantlen, a Surrey resident working in Langley, University of Fraser Valley students going to downtown Vancouver Friday after class for pub crawl.
The interurban would have running speeds of 60-80km/h and an average speed of around 40km/h so it is not as fast as a commuter train like the West Coast Express with running speeds of up to 150km/h (if the track is designed for those speeds... I think the WCE goes 115km/h tops between Mission and Port Haney) and average speed of 60km/h, but it's better to have a community oriented transit system first like the Interurban as a backbone before getting a commuter oriented transit system like commuter rail. The interurban tracks are already there linking Chilliwack, Abby, Langley, Cloverdale, Newton, Strawberry Hill, and Scott Road Station, a commuter train down TransCanada would require significant capital funds although likely way cheaper and way faster than skytrain.