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Originally Posted by Truenorth00
Nobody travels end to end in the Corridor by train. Anybody going that far is driving for vacation or flying for business. This is exactly why HFR is needed. It expands the range of train users.
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Nobody? Can you prove that? I think we both cannot for sure show that someone does or does not. However, in the Corridor anything to appeal to those that might fly or drive to take the train is a good idea.
Now, if only that could be done outside of the Corridor too. The 5 major prairie provinces are close enough that Corridor speeds could make them more appealing to people going between them. Sadly, the train has to yield to slower freight.
Just imagine that the only people who could use the passing lanes of a highway was the transport trucks? Or, larger planes land before the smaller ones do? After the first few small planes crashed due to running out of fuel, waiting for yet another big important plane to land, people might demand all planes land within their schedule.
It is interesting to apply the rail realities to other modes of transportation to start to see how silly things really are.
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