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Originally Posted by Taeolas
While that Maritime New England Union would make sense, that ship sailed a couple centuries ago. Or would take a major paradigm shift in the current US/Canadian nations.
That said, better transportation links are needed especially through Maine. A major transportation corridor from Calais to Quebec via Bangor is another thing that should have been done decades ago. But because it doesn't really affect the US economy much, it doesn't have much pressure. (It would be a huge impact to the Canadian economy because it would probably cut a day off of transport from Saint John to the St Lawrence Seaway)
In the mean time on a more realistic scale, SJ-MON-HFX should have twice daily passenger rail service each direction. On the one hand there may not be that much traffic for now; but it is something that would probably grow as the cities continue to grow. (Stops in Truro, Amherst and Sackville would make sense but probably not many other stops). Especially nowadays as there is a push to be greener and to use more mass transit.
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I’d love to see a rail line added with a stop at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport. If people could take the train directly to the terminal, that would be huge for the airport and it’s connections to the region.
Like it or not, Nova Scotia (and the maritimes in general) are isolated from the rest of the continent so air travel will always be necessary.
In Moncton it’s also time they added a bus route to the airport. There is no excuse why this isn’t already happening.