OTTAWA — The Canadian government’s slow-moving process of developing its proposed High-Frequency Rail passenger route between Toronto and Quebec City is taking its next step. Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez announced Friday the start of the Request for Proposals process for the rail project, with a deadline announced only as “summer 2024.” Those proposals will come from three consortia previously selected during

A High Frequency Rail Project has entered the next phase of planning in Canada. 3 groups of companies were selected at the end of the Request for Qualifications stage. Each group will now produce 2 proposals by the end of the summer: one for a conventional speed line made for trains capable of travelling up to 200km/h (124mph), and a second for high-speed trains (>250mph/155mph).

I think the idea is that Parliament wants to see how much more high speed will cost, if it is something they can swallow.

  • Ben Matthews@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    What does high frequency really mean in this context - in europe that might be every 15 minutes or so, but here I see only numbers about speed ?

    • RentlarOPEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      There is no baseline number announced publicly for how frequent is high frequency. However, it will likely depend on expected demand, rolling stock orders and availability. The proposals that would include some details on travel times and how frequent train service could be.

      Currently the most popular Via Rail corridor, Kingston-Toronto runs about 14 trains per day, so I would say in my book it needs to exceed that at a minimum before I consider it high frequency.