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Originally Posted by roger1818
AFAIK, Transport Canada doesn't allow Class 6 without grade separation. Even in the US, while level crossings are permitted, the barriers that are needed for Class 6 are so expensive, you might as well go for grade separation and that gives you an upgrade path to even higher classes.
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If that's the case, then how exactly are they engineering HFR, because last I checked, this was the whole premise behind the project: minimal cost by avoiding grade separation and land acquisition.
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Originally Posted by roger1818
The question is, how easily can they get a dedicated corridor. The HFR plan uses underutilized or abandoned corridors. I don't know how easily that could be found between Calgary and Edmonton. The costs would skyrocket if they needed to use a greenfield corridor.
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They'll need a new line and possibly new corridor. It won't be cheap. Like I said, probably $2-3B. Which is not cheap, considering that HFR is over $4B for nearly double the distance. But it's marginally defensible on economic development grounds and might get Albertans to stop whining that the feds never do anything good for their province.
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