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Originally Posted by Maccalus
High speed rail requires very straight track with little elevation change compared to slower rail. That is the reason the swiss built the Gotthard Base Tunnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_Base_Tunnel. This 57km tunnel alone cost $10 Billion US. Any high speed rail to Vancouver from Calgary would most likely require a few tunnels similar to this. I think a $20-40 Billion construction estimate would be very low. |
Thanks for this, I guess I was too lazy to research, but yeah 20 billion would be low. Unless we could elevate it over the mountains.
I think its a project with no roi to be honest.
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