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Originally Posted by JHikka
I don't really see this as a problem. There's no demand for high speed rail in the Maritimes. There might be some limited demand for inter-city rail in NB, or commuter rail in Halifax, but on the whole that'll be about it. There's only a couple of corridors where HSR really makes sense in Canada.
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Yeah. There's no reason for HSR between cities that are between 1-2 hours apart on roads so lightly trafficked there are literally never traffic jams. Plus, the only "viable" route would be Moncton-Halifax (in like 60 years) which would run right through literal mountains. With Charlottetown totally unreachable and Sydney almost more so, a 'rail triangle' in NB with Moncton connected to Halifax is the 'best' that could happen. But the single longest route is still a 3.5 hour drive through hilly terrain that would be hard to put a high speed rail line through.
Before money losing mega projects we should try and have an actual twinned or two+one between Saint John and Fredericton with moose fencing. Like it or not, road travel is the most practical way to get around the Maritimes forever.