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Press Release: High Speed Rail Canada Releases the 2010 SNCF International Socio economic study of High Speed Rail Implementation on the Quebec – Windsor Corridor

http://www.wireservice.ca/index.php?module=News&func=display&sid=12509 High Speed Rail Canada is releasing to the public in english and french the previously unreleased 2010 study by the France national Railway SNCF (Société nationale des chemins de fer français - National society of French railway) and partners on high speed rail between Windsor and Quebec City. For immediate release.....October 6th, 2014. High Speed Rail Canada is Canada's only advocacy groups dedicated to promoting the modernization of passenger rail in Canada. The May 30th, 2010 study by SNCF International was funded by cities along the Windsor - Quebec Corridor. Like the previous federal/provncial study from 2011 on High Speed Rail by Ecotrains, the 2010 SNCF study was not being released to the public until High Speed Rail Canada obtained a copy of it and is releasing it today. High Speed Rail Canada's mandate is to educate people on the benefits of modern passenger rail. They do it th...

President Obama Support for High Speed Rail Continues

High Speed Rail Canada strongly supports President Obama in his plans to continue modernizing passenger rail in the United States of America. In his State of the Union address the President stated, "Within 25 years, our goal is to give 80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail. This could allow you to go places in half the time it takes to travel by car. For some trips, it will be faster than flying — without the pat-down.As we speak, routes in California and the Midwest are already underway." We would hope the Government of Canada develops a policy and plan for the future of Canada's aging passenger rail system.