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Originally Posted by Footscray
A total aside but i wish they would use the surplus money to build that passenger rail line between calgary and edmonton
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Every time this question comes up I just cringe. Last figures I heard put this around $100 Billion. It would still have to run city limits to city limits like the airports, there would still be a check in time like the airports, and there still would be the security delas like the airports.
Plus due to the climate in Alberta where we have temperatures all the way from -35 to +35 the gaps in the tracks would have to be so big that the train would have a max speed nowhere near what the trains in Japan have.
Can you give me one good reason why this is a good idea?