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Old Posted Jul 9, 2021, 4:43 PM
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^ I'm not here to slam VIA's plans or paint it as something not worth doing unless it's true HSR, but...

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They'll still be able to upgrade this track to bring it up to HSR. That's how most countries do it.
..."upgrading track" is not going to deliver high speed rail anymore than putting a better roof on and running electricity to a dog house will make it a human house. There are a multitude of other factors that prevent true HSR operations like curve radii, grade separations or lack thereof, and more than anything else, inter-operation with slower freight trains.
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