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Originally Posted by vid
Ah, yes! Which brings us back to the hydrogen trains McGuinty promised Bombardier Thunder Bay would manufacture, back during the election. He hasn't mentioned them again since.
Times were different then. If Hamilton is skipped, KW will likely grow even faster, but Hamilton isn't going to "die".
Toronto, KW and Hamilton form a triangle. If this line is coming from Windsor and London, Hamilton will most likely be skipped.
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If no one wants to buy a hydrogen train, and it doesn't really make any sense to do it when the energy loss for the generation of hydrogen would likely pay for electrification over 10 years (or even less). I could see building two brand new or Canadianized trainsets in the next ten years, one to replace the standard Via rolling stock, and one to build furnish HSR.
Phasing would likely have the line do a Pearson - Union - Dorval - Montreal route first, with other non-express stops along the route. It is the logical first step. Stopping there at first would free up some cash to support the provinces building feeder networks in Toronto and Montreal aswell.