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Originally Posted by Drybrain
This is great, though if we’re at the "feasibility study" stage I wouldn’t realistically expect to actually step inside a train until well into the 2030s. If the province would just fund the relatively inexpensive BRT system we could get some fast transit on corridors that could later be converted to rail.
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Well in to the 2030s is HIGHLY optimistic already. By comparison to other Canadian light rail projects, it takes about 10 years from first construction to first passengers on a light rail line.
This could likely be faster depending how the construction is phased, but 10 years is a realistic timeline. So if we had a complete design study, project plan, allocated funding, and began TODAY, we probably wouldn't see first ridership until around 2030-2034
If they put the rush on this feasibility study, we could expect the line to be running in the late 2030s or very early 2040s.
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