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High Speed Rail Canada to Release 2010 SNCF International High Speed Rail Study Windsor - Quebec City on October 3rd, 2014

Our mandate is to educate Canadians on high speed rail in Canada. We are the only advocacy group in Canada promoting modern passenger rail. We are very proud to announce that on October 3rd 2014 we will be releasing the previously unreleased high speed rail study on the Windsor - Quebec City corridor paid for by the municipalities along the line. It was done by the France national Railway SNCF (Société nationale des chemins de fer français; "National society of French railway) and partners. Stay tuned.

TALGO TRAIN SETS FIND HOME IN MICHIGAN!

DETROIT NEWS - Lawmakers who questioned a one-bid contract awarded to a Spanish firm for “next-generation” passenger cars now are willing to let the deal proceed, said Senate Transportation Committee Chairman John Pappageorge, R-Troy. The investigation, and a longer than anticipated evaluation process, delayed purchase of the passenger cars with modern amenities. The $58 million for Michigan’s two train sets is to come from $200 million in federal funds for Amtrak improvements in Michigan and other states, mostly in the Midwest. The move to the faster trains is expected to give a boost to the Detroit-Chicago route, where ridership steadily has been building back toward a 20-year peak of nearly 504,000 passengers in 2010. Down the road, the state will use additional federal money for more “next-generation” passenger car and engine sets, said Michigan Department of Transportation railroad chief Tim Hoeffner. The state will own the cars and the Michigan rails on the Detroit-Chicago