Overall, high-speed rail has made "mid-sized cities become more attractive," said Yonah Freemark, a researcher specializing in transit at Urban Institute, a think-tank in Washington, D.C.

In the coming weeks, the government is expected to unveil plans for a high-speed rail corridor with a dedicated, electrified, grade-separated track and trains travelling upwards of 300 km/h ...

A high speed train between Toronto and Montreal is starting to look more and more likely, a highly anticipated endeavour as Canada is currently the only G7 country without a High Speed Rail (HSR ...

Wednesday’s announcement of $3.9-billion for a five-year planning phase is the latest step in a long-running debate over whether to green light high-speed rail in Canada.

Proponents have been talking about high-speed rail for decades as a tool for economic development and reducing emissions. Canada is the world’s second-largest country in land area, but 60 per cent of ...

A high-speed train could cut travel between Montreal and Toronto by nearly half the time. “Maybe we can do it in three hours 45 minutes, three hours 30 minutes, three hours 15 minutes, maybe ...

Canada’s high-speed rail plan gets multi-billion-dollar boost By Sean Previl Global News Posted February 19, 2025 11:53 am Updated February 19, 2025 6:59 pm ...

Join the conversation Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives to announce a new high-speed rail network in the Toronto-Quebec City corridor, in Montreal on Wednesday, Feb.19, 2025.

The Kathleen Wynne Liberal government proposed a 250 km/hr high-speed train that would have travelled from Toronto to Windsor in just two hours, but funding was paused in 2019 by the Doug Ford ...

If it does happen, a high-speed rail line could mean a trip between Montreal and Toronto would take less than three hours, far shorter than the current trip on Via Rail or by car — and in some ...