High hopes for VIA’s high-frequency rail network
High-speed rail remains an elusive dream. But a high-frequency alternative, led by VIA Rail Canada in partnership with a federal Liberal government, appears to be on the tracks to becoming a reality by the decade’s end.
Rapid-rail service has been a major wish within senior federal Liberal ranks and transportation companies in Canada for decades.
Bombardier and SNC-Lavalin proposed a 320-kilometre-per-hour, high-speed train between Toronto and Québec City in 1998. Two years later, Bombardier unveiled its passenge...
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