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Originally Posted by jawagord
Other than Canada and Sweden are both countries with trains what else is comparable? Sweden is tiny geographically compared to Canada. Distance and travel time are big determinants on whether passenger trains are successful versus planes and cars. In Canada our train system is most effective as a freight moving system not a people moving system. This isn’t going to change by throwing more money at Via. Much smarter to fund high volume intra-city passenger train service like LRT and metro heavy rail.
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Canada as a whole isn't similar, but if you compare the Toronto - Montreal area, or Calgary - Edmonton, the comparison becomes far more relevant. There is little reason Sweden can have good passenger rail, but Toronto and Montreal can't.