mdrejhon
Senior Member
Well, I think RER electrification needs to reach Kitchener-Waterloo eventually for roughly hourly all-day 2-way service. It is just a matter of congruences (should the grade separated electric RER corridor also handle HSR?).
Sending HSR trains through Guelph should be a matter of economics of needing the corridor for RER too. A HSR ready corridor could speed up RER trains possibly 160-200kph, or Kitchener RER actually becomes "HSR lite" itself with express that do not stop in Guelph, and all stops that do).
If Guelph wants one of the many daily HSR trains to stop in Guelph, they will have to pony up the necessary incentives (including allowing grade separations) to make it cheaper and more economical than the Bypass.
Obviously, not all trains need to stop in Guelph -- just a few.
Sending HSR trains through Guelph should be a matter of economics of needing the corridor for RER too. A HSR ready corridor could speed up RER trains possibly 160-200kph, or Kitchener RER actually becomes "HSR lite" itself with express that do not stop in Guelph, and all stops that do).
If Guelph wants one of the many daily HSR trains to stop in Guelph, they will have to pony up the necessary incentives (including allowing grade separations) to make it cheaper and more economical than the Bypass.
Obviously, not all trains need to stop in Guelph -- just a few.