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TGV Ontario-Quebec Alstom - November 2022

ALL ONTARIO - QUEBEC HIGH SPEED RAIL STUDIES

(updated January 25th, 2023)

1. 1970 - Inter-City Passenger Transport Study - Canadian Transport Commission

2. 1980 - Alternative to Air: A Feasibility Concept for the Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal Corridor  -  Canadian Institute of Guided Ground Transportation on behalf of the Transportation Centre of Transport Canada.

3. 1984 - High Speed Passenger Rail in Canada, VIA Rail Canada

4. 1989 - Review of Passenger Rail Transportation in Canada, VIA Rail Canada,

5. 1989 - Pre-feasibility Study of High Speed Rail Services in the
Quebec-Montreal- Ottawa/Hull-Toronto Corridor, Bombardier

6. 1990 - Sprintor, Pre-feasibility Study, Windsor-Quebec Rail Corridor, ABB Canada Inc. English

7. 1990 The Canadian TGV Project - Bombardier, GEC, Alstom English

8. 1990 High Speed Rail in Ontario Quebec Corridor A Review of Previous Studies - Transurb Inc. Montreal - Reviews 6 of 8 previous studies on High Speed Rail in Ontario-Quebec
English

9. 1991 - Ontario/Quebec Rapid Train Task Force, Ontario and Quebec Governments - English - French 

10. 1991 - High Speed Rail Market Assessment - Air Canada/CP Rail

11. 1992 - Fast Tracks - Options for High Speed Rail in Canada - VIA Rail English - French

12. 1994 Improving a Fragile Linear Logit Model Specified for High Speed Rail
 Demand Analysis in the Quebec-Windsor Corridor of Canada - University of Montreal

13. 1995 - Quebec-Ontario High Speed Rail Project - Government of Canada,
Ontario and Quebec Governments  English - French 

14. 1995 - Quebec- Ontario High Speed Rail Project- Industrial Strategy Study
 - Simpson Guerin Consordium English

15. 1998 - Lynx High Speed Rail System - Consordium - Alstom, SNC-Lavellin,
Bombardier, and Others English Summary

16. 1995 - Joint Study of High Speed Rail Ridership and Revenues - Air Canada/CP Rail

17. 2002 - VIAFast- VIA Rail Canada English - French

18. 2003 - High Speed Passenger Rail Analysis - Environmental and Socio- Economic Impacts of VIAFast - IBI Group for Transport Canada  English 

19. 2009 - Infrastructure and the Economy: Future directions for Ontario - Martin Prosperity Institute (includes section on High Speed Rail) English

20. 2010 - Socio economic Study of High Speed Rail implementation on the Quebec – Windsor– (Detroit – Chicago) Corridor for the cities of Quebec, Montreal, Laval, London, Toronto, Windsor and Montreal Metropolitan Community - SNCF International English 

NOTE:French - 2010 - annex 3: « Impacts economiques de la construction et de l'exploitation d'une ligne a grande vitesse entre Quebec et Montreal - Universite de laval - Gérald LeBlanc is included in english report

21. 2011 - Updated Feasibility Study of a High Speed Rail Service Quebec City-Windsor - EcoTrains for Ministry of Transport Ontario,Quebec and Transport Canada English - French

22. 2014 - Toronto - Kitchener - London, Ontario High Speed Rail - Pre-feasibility Study for the Ontario Ministy of Transportation - Plus Environmental Social Aspects Memo - English and Memo

23. 2016 - Preliminary Business Case for High Speed Rail on the Toronto to Windsor Corridor November 2016 Steer Davies Gleave  English

24. 2017 - Special Advisor Report Ontario High Speed Rail  - David Collenette - English  

25. Alstom TGV Presentation Ontario-Quebec November 2022 - English


2011 Windsor Quebec City High Speed Rail Map
2011 Windsor Quebec City High Speed Rail Map - EcoTrans

 2009 HIGH SPEED RAIL STANDING COMMITTEE HEARINGS AUDIO

2009 Canadian Government Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
 / Comité permanent des transports, de l’infrastructure et des collectivités

NOTE: These may eventually disappear from government website so please download if needed. English and French.

 Presentations from various stakeholders regarding "High Speed Rail in Canada", including Paul Langan from High Speed Rail Canada and David Jeanes Transport 2000 Canada and many others.

https://www.noscommunes.ca/Committees/fr/TRAN/StudyActivity?studyActivityId=2698816

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