Do you know the distance between Barrie and Toronto? It’s about 80-100km. Hamilton to Toronto (the most populous corridor)? 60km. As far as train tracks in Canada go that’s pretty short.
Caltrain did it between San Jose and San Francisco (75km) for 2.5 billion USD which is a major capex but their operating cost for fuel and things went down were 20-25% less than initially expected, even if in absolute terms the O&M budget went up, but the service became more frequent, fast, reliable, and so the operating cost went down per trip and per rider compared to its post-COVID diesel days.
Do you know the distance between Barrie and Toronto? It’s about 80-100km. Hamilton to Toronto (the most populous corridor)? 60km. As far as train tracks in Canada go that’s pretty short.
Caltrain did it between San Jose and San Francisco (75km) for 2.5 billion USD which is a major capex but their operating cost for fuel and things went down were 20-25% less than initially expected, even if in absolute terms the O&M budget went up, but the service became more frequent, fast, reliable, and so the operating cost went down per trip and per rider compared to its post-COVID diesel days.