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Originally Posted by GGG
The 1000 km is also Paris to Berlin which probably has about 100 million more people than Calgary to Vancouver. Comparing any rail in Canada to Europe or Japan isn’t really a good metric. We don’t have the intercity density.
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Agreed that population density means way more funding for improved passenger rail infrastructure.
My point is that saying passenger trains like the Rocky Mountaineer get priority is great, we're still talking average speeds of ~50km/h, which is going to struggle to present itself as a viable alternative to highway travel.