It is, and maybe it will change some day, but there’s a reason intercity rail is concentrated almost entirely in the Toronto - Quebec City corridor - nowhere else in the country has the population density to justify it (though maybe the Calgary-Edmonton route will get to that point one day).
Outside of the major commuter routes between large cities, the demand isn’t really there.
Rail has always been a chicken/egg problem
Where was the density to justify a coast to coast railroad in the mid 1800s?
If you build it, they will come
I’m all for the Alto project being a runaway success and spurring nationwide high-speed rail development, make no mistake.
That’s too bad
It is, and maybe it will change some day, but there’s a reason intercity rail is concentrated almost entirely in the Toronto - Quebec City corridor - nowhere else in the country has the population density to justify it (though maybe the Calgary-Edmonton route will get to that point one day).
Hey now, that corridor goes all the way to Windsor and you know it
Don’t leave KW/Guelph outta it, we got GO trains sometimes!
But yea, you’re right. I’d love to take the train everywhere but I really am stuck with 401 alternative only.
I’m pretty confident the Vancouver-Hope corridor could support commuter rail as well. Maybe Victoria to Nanaimo.
That would make sense - I was thinking there were probably some viable BC options, but I honestly never hear people talking about them.
Personally I never shut up about it!