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Prime Minister Carney announces the largest investment in VIA Rail’s history to bring passenger rail car manufacturing back to Canada (www.pm.gc.ca)
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[–] 3 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Where are these cars going to be used? Ontario and Quebec only?

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  • [–] 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

    Hopefully this spurs more rail in the rest of the country.

    I was just watching city talk yesterday about Switzerland's rail network and how interconnect it is.

    What shocked me the most was this overlay of Switzerland over Quebec and how inexistent rail is Canada.

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    Worth a watch for anyone interested:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zpSSkkpTrY

    Map of the rail network not including buses or light rail, meanwhile we in Canada are debating if high-speed rail should exist between Quebec and Montreal.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 hours ago* (1 child)

    Half of the country lives in a straight line between windsor and quebec city, so it would be a great start to improve rail there first (even if it feels unfair to the rest of the country)..

    Even just toronto to montreal would be a great place to start in terms of bringing canada in line with other developed nations

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