Alberta passenger rail MEGA thread

[killramos]

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How woukd a ski day with the train look?

Very smelly and crowded full of too much crap.

So very on brand for train travel.

[max_boost]

anyone do that via rail across canada?

[gwill]

Breckenridge spent the last 3 mornings discussing the Rail lines. First morning was him guessing that the rail line was calgary to banff only.

Not sure why they thought 3 mornings in a row needed to be dedicated to the Calgary banff rail line when it's a much broader idea and one that most likely doesn't go anywhere.

[flipstah]

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anyone do that via rail across canada?

It's expensive and slow. At least $8k to go from Vancouver to Toronto roundtrip in a sleeper room

EDIT: Edmonton to Toronto roundtrip is $3k in a shared sleeper (Berth); 2.5 days each way. I got curious.

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[ExtraSlow]

Yeah flying looks pretty smart

[jutes]

What would be the cost to expand, pave and enclose the Banff airstrip? Probably less than a new high-speed rail network.

[e31]

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What would be the cost to expand, pave and enclose the Banff airstrip? Probably less than a new high-speed rail network.

What would be the cost to twin the highway, fully fence along it's length, add overpasses for the animal safety, THEN RAISE THE F*KING SPEED LIMIT ACCORDINGLY? Oh Wait...