Should there be a High Speed Rail link from Calgary to Edmonton?

[SOSS]

Has anyone put thought into the Hyperloop idea for a link between Calgary-Edmonton- Fort McMurray? The physical foot print for such a line would be considerably smaller than new twinned rail lines. Far less land acquisitions; too bad the technology is yet unproven.

[MalcolmTucker]

^Big problem for it is thermal expansion. And building anything that requires fine tolerances through the Muskeg to Fort McMurrary would be expensive.

[Allan83]

Peripherally related to our issue:

China plans to merge two state-controlled railcar makers, attempting to create a more-effective competitor for global projects, though the move raises questions about Beijing’s corporate overhauls...
http://online.wsj.com/articles/china...ers-1414503536

China has maglev technology based on the German Transrapid system, which they bought limited rights to when the Shanghai line was put in. China has also built the most northerly true high speed rail line to Harbin, where the climate is much like northern Alberta.

See also:
Chinese-led consortium wins Mexico high-speed rail project
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repor...ticle21429186/

[DizzyEdge]

Just buy the land, make a separated very straight paved dedicated lane, and then run these babies at 150 km/hr


http://2il.org/worlds-largest-bus/aw...k-longest-bus/

or this 250km/hr 'superbus'


http://www.ctvnews.ca/autos/the-worl...erbus-1.914797

[itom 987]

They won't go that fast when it snows.