Ultra High Speed Rail

• Via Rail subsidiary paid Quebec marketing firm $330K as it pivoted to high-speed rail

  A federal Crown corporation paid more than $330,000 to an outside marketing firm to rebrand a planned passenger rail project between Toronto and Quebec City.

  Canada

  May 28, 2025
  
• Experts, officials meet at Microsoft HQ to discuss high-speed rail between Vancouver and U.S.

  A high-speed rail corridor has long been discussed between the three major cities in Cascadia, providing travellers with a potential one-hour trip between Vancouver and Seattle.

  Nov 8, 2019
  
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• Vancouver-Portland ultra-fast train could be self-sustaining by 2055 or earlier: Study

  The proposal envisions train capable of topping 400 km/h, with one-hour trips between the region's biggest cities.

  Jul 15, 2019
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• Vancouver-Seattle high-speed rail proposal gets another financial boost from B.C.

  The proposed line remains in its early conceptual stages, with one study suggesting actually building it could cost $42 billion.

  Economy

  Feb 8, 2019