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| Name | What VIA Should Have Done |
| Video Uploader | Video From Paige Saunders |
| Upload Date | This Video Uploaded At 08-12-2023 22:00:18 |
| Video Discription | High Frequency Rail is not a pragmatic solution, even if you’re trying to get bang for buck. Extra Content: https://www.patreon.com/PaigeSaunders Mastodon: https://masto.canadiancivil.com/@paige Peertube: https://video.canadiancivil.com/a/paige Get On The Fediverse! https://fedihost.co/ ________________ References & Sources ________________ Draft Route: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15JeLBmgZvlQO5bd6tuqvLUtPsbU0sIY7 [1] https://emerging-europe.com/news/uzbekistans-high-speed-railways-linking-the-past-with-the-future/ [2] http://croa.com/PDFAWARDS/CR3044.pdf [3] https://www.viarail.ca/sites/all/files/media/pdfs/About_VIA/our-company/capital-investment-plan/BK090130E%20-%20Alexandria%20Subdivision%20JT.pdf $12.5 million in 2007 [4] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZK1Afh4wfCt3sqEpcu-ieGCw8zOAVJ8PdSc8kwsiNBA/edit#gid=2022234422 no crossing exceeds 100mph = 160,934 kph [5] 152 on the sub-branch from Ottawa to the CP line, 30 on the Alex branch between CP and CN, 14 on CN until the island, 2 on Ile Perot, 4 on Montreal [6] https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2016/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-97896.pdf 5 crossings 387 million = 80 million [7] https://goo.gl/maps/rWKDBQjzW1SE742h7 [8] https://web.archive.org/web/20110706213019/http://westoncommunitycoalition.ca/Viafast%20Socio-Environmental%20impacts%20(Censored).pdf [9] https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-j2iHWuHGR2oa6IxYqZip1uGMN11mu9T/view?usp=sharing 2:27 “we’re talking about Toronto Ottawa Montreal, not the fullness of Quebec Windsor... strictly Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal as the first phase to profitability and then expansion by other generations” [10] https://www.pppcouncil.ca/web/Events/Event_Details.aspx?EventKey=VIA [11] https://www.thestar.com/business/economy/2015/04/27/via-rail-looks-at-private-funds-to-build-own-tracks.html “VIA Rail is looking at raising $3 billion in private investment to buy and build its own dedicated passenger tracks from Toronto to Ottawa and Montreal” [12] https://corpo.viarail.ca/en/projects-infrastructure/train-fleet/corridor-fleet [13] https://www.bankofcanada.ca/rates/related/inflation-calculator/ 3.69 billion [14] https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec/feds-announce-consultations-for-high-frequency-train-between-quebec-city-toronto Costs 6 billion now, but that’s not true [15] https://www.viarail.ca/sites/all/files/media/pdfs/About_VIA/our-company/capital-investment-plan/BK090130E%20-%20Alexandria%20Subdivision%20JT.pdf “Purchase of 10 miles of rail to the easy and west of Ottawa station from Canadian National and Canadian Pacific” [16] CP line is 26km, CN is 31km. [17] Cp line to island: 8 crossings. 30 VIA + 14 CN (Then 6 on the Ile perot + Mtl). [18] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZK1Afh4wfCt3sqEpcu-ieGCw8zOAVJ8PdSc8kwsiNBA/edit?usp=sharing (OTT-MTL leg) [19] QGIS [20] $55M per km [21] Counting from alexandria junction branch to the Casselman cutoff corner [22] 17 on CP, and 4 new ones. Now at 84 crossings. [23] Ottawa to new line (48), new line (4), CP to Alex Junction (17) Alex Junction to Islands (8) Perot (2) Montreal (5) = 84 [24] 17 private crossings, 30 merged. [25] Confirmed, 17 [26] https://farmtario.com/news/farmers-feeling-railroaded-by-lack-of-farm-crossing-designation/ famers being pressued by CP [28] 18 Ottawa - New Line, 2 new line [29] 20 crossings x $80 million = 1.6 [30] https://media.viarail.ca/en/press-releases/2018/12-december-2018-via-rail-selects-siemens-canada-to 30 million each a few years ago, 30*5 [31] The crossings are rated to 60mph = 96kph for freight [32] 71 [33] https://goo.gl/maps/Xyuhh8oDCi4Q3vsWA [34] https://www.transports.gouv.qc.ca/fr/projets-infrastructures/reseau-routier/projets-routiers/CMM/pont-ile-aux-tourtes/Pages/Pont-Ile-aux-Tourtes.aspx [35] 1.6 billion (VIA Crossings), 0.175 (Trainsets), 0.66 (Cutoff) [36] 10 Between cutoff and islands, 7 on islands [37] https://www.bankofcanada.ca/rates/related/inflation-calculator/ 3 billion 2015, 3.68 billion 2023. But construction is much higher than consumer price inflation over that time. [38] 17 x 80 = 1.360 [39] 176 x 6.62 = $1.161 [40] 25km * 55 = 1375 million [41] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZK1Afh4wfCt3sqEpcu-ieGCw8zOAVJ8PdSc8kwsiNBA/edit#gid=194636582 [42] https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000301 4.3 + 1.5 [43] 40 million / 6.5 million [44] 18 x 55m - 990 million. [45] 6.62 x 176km = 1165,12 [46] 550 km / 200kph = 2.75 hours + 0.5 [47] https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/intercity/via-rails-ambitious-new-ceo/ “There is more of an opportunity for growth than there is a risk of downsizing, he told Railway Age during an interview in his downtown Montreal offices, a few subterranean steps away from the city’s cavernous Central Station.” [48] https://media.viarail.ca/sites/default/files/publications/VIA%20Rail_2022%20Annual%20Report_0.pdf OvcHSKud1Z0 |
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