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Originally Posted by acottawa
Not a military expert, but hard to see a scenario where military helicopters can”t fly and roads are impassible but railways are operational.
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Exactly. There's really no national security justification for a railway up the Ottawa Valley. And really, the definition of passable road is very different for the average family sedan and a 20 ton LAV or 70 ton Leopard. Also, for any real and immediate threat, the Hill with the black pajama guys to the Hill with the suits and goatees is 51 km by road (38 km straight line). I bet they can load up and get to any point in the city inside an hour without using their fancy driving skills. Any scenario where they can't do that is most definitely not one where rail is going to useful.
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Originally Posted by Urban_Sky
Just because a rail transport option is provided for 2:45, that doesn't prove that there is an intention to build such an option. It can also be used to prove that the additional demand for such a short travel time does not justify the incremental capital costs required for achieving it...
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Fair point. I most definitely had not considered that this may not be a realistic offering but polling to help inform future investment.
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