tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878723379768073364.post6484224903113022859..comments2024-03-07T15:00:49.807-05:00Comments on High Speed Rail Canada - TGV - Train à grande vitesse au Canada: Canada-USA High Speed Rail Possibilities – Part 2 Montreal-New YorkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878723379768073364.post-26910223671772394062009-12-24T19:50:23.297-05:002009-12-24T19:50:23.297-05:00In part 3 of this series will you discuss Toronto ...In part 3 of this series will you discuss Toronto <-> NYC and Toronto <-> Chicago?<br /><br />Not sure whether this makes sense - but would Boston<->Montreal<->Toronto<->Detroit<->Chicago route make sense or perhaps Boston<->Kingston<->Toronto<->Detroit<->Chicago? Perhaps that way both the US and Canada could share the investment and the benefits? (I know political impossibility...but perhaps real leaders will find a way?)Antony Upwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04417274881769401820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7878723379768073364.post-40220164831749471012009-12-16T00:31:57.781-05:002009-12-16T00:31:57.781-05:00Wherever the NYC/Montreal alignment, one strategy ...Wherever the NYC/Montreal alignment, one strategy is to push for a T-bone concept.<br /><br />There might never be 300kph Express HSR (current generation European and Japanese HSR) along the Northeast Corridor owned by Amtrak, though ongoing improvements should allow it to operate as a 220kph+ corridor for longer stretches.<br /><br />So for NYC/Boston to have a significant leg going at 300kph, it needs to run north from NYC inland and then the NYC/Boston heads east while the NYC/Montreal heads north. The final piece is a Regional HSR class service sharing the Boston toward NY State corridor and then continuing on the Empire line to Niagara and Toronto.<br /><br />As long as you draw the Express HSR and Regional HSR corridors in the same color, maybe just different width, the result is a "Northern Cross" alignment. And clearly if pooling the capital cost of Montreal / Boston, Montreal / NYC and Boston / NYC allows the corridor to be primarily 300kph, that results in better effective trip speeds than any more direct alignments at 175kph.BruceMcFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08502035881761277885noreply@blogger.com