President Obama announced on January 28,2010 funding for high speed and higher speed rail projects in the USA. High Speed Rail Canada would like to evaluate these announcements from a Canadian prospective. From a macro view these announcements are visonary and begin the process of the modernization of passenger rail in North America. Canadians would benefit greatly by their government also realizing that there is the same need in Canada to improve passenger rail service here by improving existing services and building true high speed lines like the ones announced in Florida. Specifically this funding will increase on time performance (OTP) and shorten trip duration on three Amtrak trains that serve Canada. The Cascades - is an Amtak train that runs between Portland,Seattle, and Vancouver. There are currently two trains a day from Seattle to Vancouver. One of these trains goes through to Portland. It is an 8 hour trip and it costs $60.00 one way. OTP was 69% in 2008. A substantial inve

Paul Langan, founder of High Speed Rail Canada, appeared on Rogers Community TV "Daytime" program to discuss passenger rail and high speed rail opportunities on the North Main Line through Guelph-Kitchener into Toronto. The video interview is available at the High Speed Rail Canada Youtube Video Channel

High Speed Rail Canada has added two VIA Rail high speed rail studies to their website. One in english and the other in french. High Speed Rail Canada, http://highspeedrail.ca (HSRC) a citizen's national advocacy group dedicated to the education on, and the implementation of, high speed trains in Canada, has made available to the public for the first time; 1. The 2002 VIAFast high speed rail study in french. The english version is already available on the website. 2. The 1993 VIA Rail High Speed Rail Report Paul Langan, Founder of High Speed Rail Canada states, " Our mandate is to educate the public on high speed trains. There have been over a dozen previous studies on high speed rail in Canada. The posting of these previously confidential and unavailable VIA Rail studies will help further our knowledge base on the subject." For more information - http://highspeedrail.ca contact; Paul Langan, 519-654-0089