On November 16th, 2009 the Canadian Government Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities /Comité permanent des transports, de l’infrastructure et des collectivité called CN Rail as a Witness at their Hearings into High Speed Rail in Canada. High Speed Rail Canada has posted the complete audio from the CN Rail presentation on it's website at http://highspeedrail.ca . Click on the HSR Hearings Tab to listen to it. It is clear from the CN Rail prospective they do not want any form of the incremental approach to higher speed rail on existing freight track.(eg; like the acela in the USA)

High Speed Rail Canada - High Noon for High Speed Rail Series Canada-USA High Speed Possibilities - Part 1 Montreal-Boston Paul Langan, Founder High Speed Rail Canada http://highspeedrail.ca/ - 11/11/09 The High Speed Rail (HSR) passenger rail renewal is coming to North America the question is where will it be implemented.I would like to examine the cross border opportunities for HSR that have been put forward. Four possible passenger rail corridors connecting Canada and the USA exist. They are; Vancouver BC to Seattle WA , Windsor ON to Detroit MI , Montreal QC - New York NY and Montreal QC-Boston MA. I would like to examine the Montreal-Boston HSR proposal first. All these cross border corridors share three significant fundamental challenges. 1. A multitude of political stakeholders - The more governments that are involved the process the slower the ability to get change to occur. This is especially true between Canada and the USA where dialogue and cooperation on passenger rail is

For immediate release…..(TORONTO, ONTARIO ) High Speed Rail Canada in cooperation with EKOS Research Associates has released the complete High Speed Rail Poll conducted November 3rd, 2009. High Speed Rail Canada, a citizen's national advocacy group dedicated to the education on, and the implementation of, high speed trains in Canada, have put on their website, the complete version of the EKOs Research poll relating to Canadians views on high speed rail in Canada. Paul Langan, Founder of High Speed Rail Canada states, " This poll, like others before it, show Canadians would like to see modern high speed passenger rail in Canada. 86% of people surveyed somewhat or strongly support the implementation of high speed rail.” To view the complete survey, click on Poll tab on the http://highspeedrail.ca , http://grandevitesse.ca website For more information, please contact High Speed Rail Canada Paul Langan (English) (519) 654-0089 Send this story to someone

It is just one minute and 40 seconds long but this Bombardier video for their own very high speed train the Zefiro is interesting. Considering Bombardier sold 66 of the trains to China, this is a timely posting of it on the High Speed Rail Canada You Tube Channel .