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This summer I went to Banff. Talking to the operators around there, normally about 9 million people come during the peak season. The issue becomes that many of the parking lots like Lake Louis and Moraine Lake and others fill up by 6am. Many of those are people from the Calgary area on day trips. If we had rail to Banff from Calgary and it were to meet with a shuttle to the various places it would alleviate much of that traffic. Being able to take the train from Edmonton to Calgary and then go to Banff would actually be a draw. I could even see a Jasper train as well that links Jasper and Banff.

Edmonton and Calgary have over 1 million each. There airports are one of the top busiest in the country. All of that does make for a good reason that rail between those cities and to Banff and possibly Jasper viable. Maybe it wont be 10 car trains. Maybe it is one 3-5 car trains, but that number means that much less cars driving to Banff and congesting the area up.

With over 18 million living within the Windsor - Quebec City corridor, it does make sense to have regular passenger rail. Calgary - Edmonton corridor is over 3 million. How high does it need to be to be feasible?