VIA Rail

[roger1818]

Originally Posted by swimmer_spe

Places not on a rail line? Like where? Except for Vancouver Island and the island of Newfoundland, Most of the top 100 cities in Canada are all on rail lines. We still have the 4th largest not served by passenger service.

Top 100? Canada only has 35 CMAs (41 if you extend the definition to include CAs with a population over 100,000). Anything smaller than that, while possibly worth stopping at if it is on route, it is likely too small to support a dedicated route on its own (though population is only 1 piece of the puzzle).

Looking at the 41 CMAs and CAs with a population over 100,000, 29 have Service with either VIA Rail or GO, or will have service with HFR. Of the remaining 12 "CMAs", 5 don't have track (Victoria, St. John's, Kelowna, Nanaimo, Fredericton). That leaves on 7 "CMAs" with track that don't (or won't) have train service (Calgary, Regina, Sherbrooke, Saint John, Thunder Bay, Lethbridge, and Red Deer).

Unfortunately Calgary and Red Deer won't get it any time soon since the Alberta government is betting on Hyperloop.

The remaining 5 are all under 250,000 and are located such that they would need their own dedicated line, which for cities that small, is expensive.

Originally Posted by swimmer_spe

I propose spend enough money to serve as many Canadians as possible.

At what cost?