Premier in Calgary to announce "major passenger rail initiative for Alberta"

[Tuco]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

For sure. Been to Switzerland? What a dump.

Banff is beautiful but has become overrun by a bunch of jerks.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Tuco

Banff is a beautiful but has become overrun by a bunch of jerks.

Just put a ban on Dodge Rams and BMWs in the park. Those guys aren’t the type to take a train.

[KelVarnsen]

I hope she gets hit by a train

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by GGG

I really hope it’s not a train to Banff. That has boondoggle all over it

It 100% does, but it's the kind of boondoggle I'm down for. Same with Olympics. At least it's fun and not some boring KXL or war room or tylenol or whatever other boondoggle du jour

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by Jason14h

Please be a train to the airport

Could be, that's been studied a lot in the last year

[Fuzz]

Can we maybe get a far more useful Green Line in the north first?

[puffnstuff]

No, youll get what you get and be happy about it


A reporter said on twitter its kind of a nothing announcement expected, just that there was a study completed about all the possible rail projects. No funding announcements.

[_Q_]

"Passenger Rail" rather than " transit" tells me this is either Calgary - Edmonton rail or Calgary - Banff rail. I would think the Calgary - Edmonton route would probably be announced in Edmonton. So this is more likely than not the Calgary - Banff announcement.

[Mr.Coffee]

If this province has money to burn, can’t we just stop the fight with teachers, doctors, nurses, etc.?

Build some schools, build some hospitals, etc.?

[edslunch]

Originally Posted by _Q_

"Passenger Rail" rather than " transit" tells me this is either Calgary - Edmonton rail or Calgary - Banff rail. I would think the Calgary - Edmonton route would probably be announced in Edmonton. So this is more likely than not the Calgary - Banff announcement.

Edmonton is dead to her, she’ll never announce anything there, except maybe public service cuts.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Tuco

Banff is beautiful but has become overrun by a bunch of jerks.

I happen to like the Aussie downhill sports fellas that have at least one representative member in every Banff establishment.

[Zary's-Mustache]

Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

If this province has money to burn, can’t we just stop the fight with teachers, doctors, nurses, etc.?

Build some schools, build some hospitals, etc.?

Yep. My doctor is in her 30's and informed us last week that she is retiring due to this government's fight against doctors.

Plenty of other doctors are leaving the province or going private.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by KelVarnsen

I hope she gets hit by a train

Normally I don't condone wishes of violence against public elected officials, but in the case of Ol' Smitty?

[1991 Canadian]

Originally Posted by GGG

I really hope it’s not a train to Banff. That has boondoggle all over it

Why have a dedicated Banff passenger rail when the government can just reduce "red tape" safety regulations so passengers can ride on gravel trains on the way to the Lafarge Plant outside Canmore.

Look at how much fun this guy is having on a Mauritania ore train. And he's already got his ski googles on.

Spoiler!

[The Fisher Account]

Has anyone whose actually been on a CTrain wanted to take it the airport with anything more than a backpack? Lugging a giant suitcase on a crappy 40 year old U2 sounds awful.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Let me know when there's High Speed Convoys to Ottawa and back. Truckers gotta haul sumthin' so might as well be folks.

[#-3]

This government has neither the foresight nor patience to engage in a project that will almost certainly extend beyond their terms in office. If there is an inter-municipality passenger rail announcement the most reasonable conclusion is that a grift is happening that will rob us of many years and treasures that could have actually gone towards this project, but will come to nothing. In 10 years we will have lost millions, there will not be a plan in place, but they will have talked it up so much that it actually has to happen, at which point we will spend 2 twice as much on a commuter rail that goes from the Petro on Hwy1 to Deadmans Flats, rather than Calgary to Banff or a rail that will go from Airdrie to Leduc, just to ensure that it is not useful to 98% of the population.

This is the faith I have in the Smith government, but it's probably fair to call me cynical when it comes to them.

[dino7c]

Is there a chance the track could bend?

[Reggie Dunlop]

Bus services between smaller centers would fill a greater need.

[Geraldsh]

I bet it has one of those coal-burning steam engines.