Quebec-Windsor Corridor

[crs1026]

Now that the CIB has successfully scope-creeped the initial HFR proposal into one if the usual HSR proposals which arrive every decade or so, just to reliably fail whenever it comes to the question who would possibly pay for its pricetag, “High Frequency Rail” has indeed become a meaningless misnomer…

It may be a misnomer for what the vision has drifted to at the moment, but hold that thought..... the original HFR is a valid "flavour" and might still stand as the benchmark from which the more elaborate incremental ideas are measured.

And at least it deserves its own spot on the shelf of studies, it was a particularly well thought out proposal.... it may go down in history as the proposal that turned the tide in public and bureaucratic sentiment towards actually spending public money towards better passenger service in the Corridor.

- Paul

 

[generalcanada]

Counterpoint, Rebranding doesn't necessarily mean changing the actual plan.

GO RER rebranded to Go expansion because its simpler and makes more sense
Or alternatively rebranding to the bidders winning idea?
Remember even with the winning bidder this month, they still won't decide which one to go with. Thats a full 2 years from now.

 

[Urban Sky]

Counterpoint, Rebranding doesn't necessarily mean changing the actual plan.

Nobody is talking about rebranding as foreshadowing a change in strategy, but to acknowledge that the project has strayed away very far from its original idea…

 

[MisterF]

The name “High Frequency Rail” was chosen by VIA to highlight the entire rationale behind their project: that creating a game changer for intercity rail travel in the Corridor can capitalize on frequent intercity rail services as those operating every half-hour in Switzerland, Belgium and the Netherlands without having to design and build eyewateringly expensive dedicated HSR infrastructure over the next two decades.

Now that the CIB has successfully scope-creeped the initial HFR proposal into one if the usual HSR proposals which arrive every decade or so, just to reliably fail whenever it comes to the question who would possibly pay for its pricetag, “High Frequency Rail” has indeed become a meaningless misnomer…

Oh I'm fully aware of the rationale for the term "high frequency rail". I'm just saying that I view the name in the same way as "downtown relief line" for example. The finished line was never going to be referred to that way, it was just a working title during the planning phases of the project. And in Via's case, a title whose initial intention isn't really relevant anymore when, as you say, the scope started to creep.

 

[nfitz]

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