Return of Rail Service to the Calgary-Edmonton Corridor and Beyond
Figured since the via rail thread devolved into regionalist bickering, and the east now has their own thread, there should be one for the Prairies (centred on by far the most densely populated region of the Prairies of course).
The most positive step thus far is the new Canada Infrastructure Bank study for the return of rail service between Calgary and Banff, but obviously a train between Calgary and Edmonton in also needed. For Alberta, I could see an eventual extension of the Corridor Line (Via Rail "Chinook Line" has a nice ring to it) to Lethbrige. In the long term I could possibly see that extended from Lethbridge to Medicine Hat and Regina as population growth allows. It won't be too long before Med Hat is 100 000 and Regina is over 300 000, so it's not totally farfetched.
Feel free to share your ideas on the future of rail service in the west.
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