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Originally Posted by Mister F
You really don't see the difference between 25 km of track and 500 km of track? If Via doesn't get the whole route figured out then CP doesn't get it's Havelock sub upgraded for free. You don't think that Via has thought of how to get into Toronto and Montreal? What do you think they've been studying all this time? There are multiple options to get into those cities, and while I'm not as familiar with Montreal, in the case of Toronto some of those options don't involve using any of the freight tracks at all.
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Well, more like 300 km. This is all speculative because of the Via secrecy, but if Via's plan is to build track in the CP ROW then it makes little difference (to CP) the distance this occurs. The CP ROW is probably 50 feet. If VIA needs to buy/lease, 20 feet (as an example) then that prevents future expansion on the entire sub (unless CP wanted to create a bottleneck).
Yes, I agree there are other potential options or configurations that would not involve the CP ROW (although many would be more expensive). It is also possible that VIA is just planning to use the actual freight line, which would negatively affect timing (because they have to wait for CP permission to enter those 25 km segments).
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