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Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut
In the unlikely event that any kind of HSR north of downtown ever makes sense, it's probably not going to be compatible with anything but HSR. High speeds like 400 km/h require a straight ROW with very minimal turns... and "straight through Stanley Park to Dunderave and then (somehow) up to Squamish" would make for a real lousy SkyTrain route.
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Do you mean a lousy HSR route? Because a route up tp Squamish would do a lot of turns to conform to the road reducing its speed significantly unless it's all tunneled directly to Squamish (or something)
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Originally Posted by BaddieB
A Pacific Central terminal however makes the line pointless. People who want to go downtown have to take another transfer onto the Skytrain. It's going only halfway. The line must end a waterfront, and there is a rail route that permits this.
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I agree to an extent.
I believe that part of the whole purpose behind the ideation of this Metro Tunnel was that the WCE rails are perceived as being off limits; and that the corridor will never be renegotiated. Therefore it makes actually getting to Waterfront Station much more difficult.
But yeah, I do agree that trying to connect the Metro Tunnel to downtown Vancouver (via Waterfront) should be a priority of some kind.
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To provide more feedback...
- I do think that the White Rock route is a little wonky and could get cut. I just don't see the service levels requiring a commuter rail.
- The city/province will need a hell of a negotiator with CPR/CN to get the rail through Langley. They would at least need to quad-track it with some additional grade separations.
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