3 Recent News Articles on High Speed Rail in Ontario Commit to 2-Way, All-day GO and High Speed Rail, Kitchener Council Tells Political Leaders - This news article comes from the CBC, May 8th, 2018 .'If we don't push for it, then these sorts of things definitely will not happen,' Coun. Davey says. Two-way, all-day GO train service and high-speed rail are needed to ensure Waterloo region can continue to grow its tech sector — that was the message from Kitchener council on Monday. Council voted unanimously to send a letter to the leaders of all political parties at the federal and provincial level, asking them to commit to two-way, all-day GO trains by 2024 and high-speed rail through the region by 2025. Make High-Speed Rail and All-Day GO Rail an Election Issue - This opinion column is from The Record newspaper written by the City of Kitchener Mayor Barry Vrbanovic May 7th, 2018. Citizens, students and businesses across Waterloo Region are clear about the n...

 During this federal election, an important election issue is the funding of high-speed rail. High-speed rail is a train system where the trains can reach speeds between 200 m.p.h. to 400 m.p.h. comparison, regular trains usually go at a speed of 160 m.p.h. or less. There are several places that high-speed rail would be an effective transportation option in Canada. One of the most studied locations is the Windsor to Quebec City corridor. The line would include stops in Kitchener and Toronto. This corridor includes more than 50 per cent of the Canadian population. High speed rail is an attractive option that should be at least partially funded by the federal government, for several reasons. One attractive feature of high-speed rail is that it is a significantly cleaner form of transportation than automobiles or airplanes. Of course, having a cleaner transportation alternative isn't enough. You need a critical mass of people using high-speed rail in lieu of cars or planes to see the ...

CBC News- Despite no set timeline or allotted funding, a high-speed rail link between London, Kitchener, Pearson International Airport and downtown Toronto is possible in a decade, says Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne. "Yes it is, that's what the engineers and experts have said is possible and that's why the minister of transportation has talked about that time frame, that decade," Wynne said in an interview with Craig Norris on The Morning Edition Tuesday. Wynne's comments are the first the Liberal government has made on high speed rail since the election on June 12, and come a day after the Liberals tabled their budget in the Ontario legislature.

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