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Originally Posted by puckluck
Isn't Vancouver about 1000 km away from Calgary? And I drove to Vancouver two summers ago and it only took me 10 hours.
As for the train I'd love to be able to party in Edmonton and be able to make it home before 3 a.m.
Nightclubs in Edmonton are far superior to what Calgary has. Also wouldn't mind visiting and shopping at WEM routinely.
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1067 by car to vancouver, 670 by air. And if you made it to Vancouver in 10, you're a speedy driver who didn't get caught in traffic
which is still 4 times the 2 1/2 hours it takes to get to Edmonton. If traffic sucks it's not that hard to add one or 2 hours in those mountains, obviously once it's twinned the whole way you won't get stuck behind a motorhome going 20 under the speed limit through the mountains though.
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Originally Posted by McG
unfortunately it isn't a 3 hour drive or a 45 minute plane trip. downtown to downtown can easily stretch over 3 depending upon construction and volumes on the roads, and 45 minutes airfare doesn't take into account the 30 minute drive to leduc on the one side or the 1 hour pre board wait at either end. or the 20 minute drive to/from downtown Calgary depending upon time of day. what used to be a nice 2.5 hour drive is now longer than that.
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Well I had to the good fortune of making the drive to Edmonton and back today, it was in heavier then average traffic being the long weekend and it didn't take anywhere close to 3 hours even with a pit stop in red deer both directions, even with my sister driving(read knock 10 minutes off if i was), when i drove it earlier this year i know we did it in under 2:30 because we left after 1:30 and had to be there by 4 and just made it. Contruction has a negligible affect for the most part at outside of the rushhour in the inner city areas so does congestion.
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Originally Posted by 4X4
Ok, I guess I kind of figured it'd be more like a P3 than a government project. Thanks to other posters that actually outlined why it wont work around here. I'm still interested to know what something like that would cost, though.
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Depends how fast you want your train to go, laws don't permit trains going over 200 kph to use the same tracks as commercial travel, so for a true high speed train(300+ kph) you have to build a whole new network.
you can find more info in this report
http://www.transportation.alberta.ca..._FINAL_rev.pdf
but coles notes as best I can remember. for a 200 mph(320 kph) train non-stop from Calgary to Edmonton would take 1:20 on average. The line could be built for around $4 billion, ohhh and recommended ticket costs over $160 per person each way.