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It's all possible, but with many caveats.
Ingersoll would have to be cut as a station stop, though most trains don't stop there anyway. In Woodstock, the CN station is in good condition (and a very attractive structure), and is slightly closer to downtown. The CP station still stands, but is in rough shape, used for freight crews, like the one in Galt.
The CP station in London is now a Keg restaurant. The London VIA station is a bit crowded, but it's better than the CP station as it has three serviceable platforms (compared to one at the CP station), necessary for connections if they're ever restored on the timetables. The CN tracks are grade-separated in Downtown London, the CP tracks are not. VIA trains would probably have to take GEXR/CN Guelph Sub at Highbury from the CP Galt Sub and continue to the existing VIA station.
But Petersburg-Innerkip could be an attractive HFR/HSR alignment between Kitchener and London, with only some paralleling of CP track if it does give up Woodstock-Komoka.
Ingersoll would have to be cut as a station stop, though most trains don't stop there anyway. In Woodstock, the CN station is in good condition (and a very attractive structure), and is slightly closer to downtown. The CP station still stands, but is in rough shape, used for freight crews, like the one in Galt.
The CP station in London is now a Keg restaurant. The London VIA station is a bit crowded, but it's better than the CP station as it has three serviceable platforms (compared to one at the CP station), necessary for connections if they're ever restored on the timetables. The CN tracks are grade-separated in Downtown London, the CP tracks are not. VIA trains would probably have to take GEXR/CN Guelph Sub at Highbury from the CP Galt Sub and continue to the existing VIA station.
But Petersburg-Innerkip could be an attractive HFR/HSR alignment between Kitchener and London, with only some paralleling of CP track if it does give up Woodstock-Komoka.