High-speed rail in Canada
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Several plans have been proposed for high-speed rail in Canada, the only G7 country that does not have any high-speed/higher-speed rail lines. In the press and popular discussion, there have been two
TurboTrain – Canada's only high speed train. It achieved the speed of 226 km/h in a speed run in 1976.
JetTrain
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The JetTrain was an experimental high-speed passenger train concept created by Bombardier Transportation in an attempt to make European-style high-speed service more financially appealing to passenger
High-speed rail in Canada
…The study considered three options: Upgrade of an existing Canadian Pacific freight route to allow trains up to 240 km/h (150 mph) using Bombardier's JetTrain, costing approximately $2.5 billion. A new dedicated passenger route, known as the "Green Field" route, also using the JetTrain, and costing approximately…
Bombardier’s experimental JetTrain locomotive toured North America in an early-2000s attempt to raise the technology's public profile.
Controls of the JetTrain