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Originally Posted by milomilo
This is one thing I really don't get with the government. Even though it won't solve every problem, or even much of the problem at all, buying new rolling stock (more than they are ordering, which is a start) is an easy win. It's a rounding error over a few years on their budget and would go a long way to encouraging public support.
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Because the public doesn't care. When HFR finally becomes real, the public perception of rail will change and the demand for inter-city rail investment will go up. What's critical here is not how many cities or jurisdictions are covered. It's how many trips can be facilitated by rail as quickly as possible. I really want to see Calgary-Edmonton enter the discussion, despite the capital costs of new corridor. It's the other obvious corridor beyond Quebec-Windsor.
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