Quebec government supports high-speed rail service over high frequency – Montreal | 24CA News
There is extra political assist in favour of high-speed rail service between Quebec and Ontario.
Quebec’s transport minister helps high-speed trains over-excessive frequency trains as initially proposed by the federal authorities.
“It is faster. There are more chances that people are going to take the train instead of the car,” Geneviève Guilbault, the Quebec Transport Minster, mentioned.
The federal Transport Minister mentioned on Friday that he’s open to a hybrid strategy — combining high-speed rail service and excessive frequency trains, offering that a few of small communities between the 2 provinces aren’t left behind within the quicker service.
“I’m not ruling anything out except that we will not abandon these communities that we are committed to connecting,” Omar Alghabra mentioned whereas visiting the VIA Rail Central Station in Montreal on Friday.
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The mayors of Laval, Quebec City and a few Montreal metropolis councillors assist high-speed rail service.
“We’re inviting the private sector to give us ideas that will include high speed,” Alghabra mentioned.
Alstom, a multinational practice producer, intends on submitting plans to the federal authorities in favour of high-speed practice service.
The North American president of Alstom instructed Global News on Thursday that combining excessive frequency and excessive velocity is feasible.
“We don’t need to put speed and frequency and oppose them. They’re actually something we can do together,” Michael Keroullé — President and CEO, Alstom Americas, instructed Global News on Thursday.
Alstom tasks a high-speed practice reaching speeds of 300 km/h may make a visit between Montreal and Toronto in lower than three hours.
It’s unclear how the logistics of offering a hybrid service of excessive frequency and excessive velocity would work.
The federal authorities is hoping to study extra because it has invited three non-public corporations to submit their proposals this summer season.
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