The era of high-speed trains between Toronto and Montreal is expected to advance one step ahead.
Montreal city councilors Craig Sobe and Serge Sasville submitted a motion on the 16th to suggest that the federal government support the construction of a high-speed rail network linking Quebec and Toronto.
When the high-speed rail is introduced, it takes 3 hours to travel between Toronto and Montreal, which takes 5 hours by conventional train.
“Currently, Canada is the only G7 country that does not have a high-speed rail network,” Sobe said.
The two lawmakers said, “This project by Alstom, a railway vehicle manufacturer, has received a great response from the political and business circles of Quebec. Alstom, headquartered in France, is also the original manufacturer of the KTX-I, the first high-speed train introduced in Korea in 1997.
“As the federal government is prepared to make major investments in rail transport, we must seize this opportunity to build a passenger rail infrastructure that is competitive with air transport,” Sobe said.
In the past, there were several discussions about the introduction of high-speed trains in Canada, but they did not materialize.