To add, Rail is great at serving medium size routes, quickly and affordably. I am talking about the 100-250km distances in areas where the build of the lines can be relatively straight. At those distances the time savings of aircraft can by cancelled out by the hassle of travel to the airport and time required at the airport. At longer distances than that, the speed of an airliner quickly outclasses other options. Unfortunately, Canada is full of long distance travel.
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