Alto - High Speed Rail (Toronto-Quebec City)

[zang]

This is a reminder for Alto’s 2025 Annual Public Meeting, which will take place:

"Alto’s 2025 Annual Public Meeting (APM) will take place virtually on Thursday, August 28, at 10:45 a.m. ET. The public is invited to watch the live webcast. The event will feature Martin Imbleau, CEO of Alto; Robert Prichard, Chair of the Board; and Marie-José Nadeau, Vice Chair."

And yet, registration requires you to enter a "company/organization". I mean, yeah, you can fake whatever, but it's not entirely inviting to the general public.

 

[Allandale25]

"Alto’s 2025 Annual Public Meeting (APM) will take place virtually on Thursday, August 28, at 10:45 a.m. ET. The public is invited to watch the live webcast. The event will feature Martin Imbleau, CEO of Alto; Robert Prichard, Chair of the Board; and Marie-José Nadeau, Vice Chair."

And yet, registration requires you to enter a "company/organization". I mean, yeah, you can fake whatever, but it's not entirely inviting to the general public.

Use "Urban Toronto"

 

[zang]

This is a reminder for Alto’s 2025 Annual Public Meeting, which will take place:

Ugh. I literally just heard "it will give people in smaller communities direct access to major urban centres".

I'm guessing that means every town along the way will be getting or begging for a station? So great then, it'll knock what, 15 minutes off the current VIA route?

 

[Allandale25]

Ugh. I literally just heard "it will give people in smaller communities direct access to major urban centres".

I'm guessing that means every town along the way will be getting or begging for a station? So great then, it'll knock what, 15 minutes off the current VIA route?

They've been clear so far that they are not moving away from the 7 stops announced. So this could be a reference to just Peterborough and Trois-Rivieres.

 

[Allandale25]

"surveying" is starting in the next few months the CEO said. I wonder if that means physical staking?

 

[Allandale25]

4k km of steel tracks required, per the CEO. Route is 1k km.

 

[Milaisacat]

Not a definitive 'yes' to a Union Station terminus. That's unfortunate.

 

[zang]

4k km of steel tracks required, per the CEO. Route is 1k km.

For the sake of awesomeness and adherence to greek metric prefixes, we need to normalize Megametres.

 

[Milaisacat]

For the sake of awesomeness and adherence to greek metric prefixes, we need to normalize Megametres.

Alto will save Megaminutes over the current VIA corridor service.

 

[zang]

OMG, someone just asked if there would be a car dedicated for bike storage.

 

[Milaisacat]

4-5 phases of development, with each phase coming into service as soon as it is ready.

Reiterated that it is high-speed, with 300 kph target, but also high frequency.

 

[Racer_77]

In response to a question about Bill C-5, the CEO mentioned that they "hope and expect" to be designated as a project of national interest, which could take 4-5 years off the expected timeline (I may have misheard the time savings).

 

[micheal_can]

"surveying" is starting in the next few months the CEO said. I wonder if that means physical staking?

There may be some, but only for marking purposes. This survey would then be used to then do the actual drawings, of which a construction survey is done.

4k km of steel tracks required, per the CEO. Route is 1k km.

That makes sense for double track the whole length.

 

[cplchanb]

4-5 phases of development, with each phase coming into service as soon as it is ready.

Reiterated that it is high-speed, with 300 kph target, but also high frequency.

thats good. we dont need to wait until we die like the ECT to ride completed sections.

 

[micheal_can]

4-5 phases of development, with each phase coming into service as soon as it is ready.

Reiterated that it is high-speed, with 300 kph target, but also high frequency.

That is how I thought it would be,. Do the easy parts first, then add the harder parts as they move forward.