原始標題
Federal government going ahead with high-speed rail between Quebec City and
Toronto
加拿大聯邦政府正推進魁北克市與多倫多之間的的高鐵計畫
新聞網址
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/high-speed-rail-canada-1.7365835
發表日期
台灣時間2024年10月29日早上4時34分
全文完整內容
The Trudeau government will announce plans for a high-speed train linking
Quebec City and Toronto in the coming weeks, Radio-Canada has learned.
Proponents of the project hope the train will take passengers from Montreal
to Toronto in three hours. By car, it takes about five-and-a-half hours to
travel between the two cities.
Sources told Radio-Canada the train will travel 300 kilometres per hour —
double the speed of Via Rail's current trains.
Ottawa announced plans back in 2021 to build what it called a
"high-frequency" (HFR) rail corridor with stops in Toronto, Peterborough,
Ottawa, Montreal, Trois-Rivières, Laval and Quebec City. Sources told
Radio-Canada the federal government has now decided the Toronto-Quebec City
link will be high-speed.
The train would use a newly built, separate electrified track and run
frequently. In addition to Quebec City, Montreal and Toronto, it would serve
Trois-Rivières, Laval, Ottawa and Peterborough.
Sources told Radio-Canada the federal government has chosen a winning bidder
out of three competing consortia and is expected to announce the news in the
next few weeks.
A spokesperson for Transport Minister Anita Anand wouldn't confirm the news
because the contract has not been awarded. Finalizing the contract could take
several more months.
"No contract has been awarded to a consortium for the rail project in the
Quebec City-Toronto corridor," the spokesperson said. "Our Liberal government
has an ambitious, transformative plan for Canada's future."
At an economic conference in Toronto on Oct. 16, Anand said the federal
government "is going ahead with one of three bids that we have now received
for high-frequency, high-speed rail.
"Rail is going to improve productivity, it's going to improve efficiency,
it's going to lower carbon emissions, and it's going to allow for more
housing to be built on these rail lines."
The government selected three consortia to bid on a high-frequency rail
project between Quebec City and Toronto. A source close to the file said the
bidding consortia warned Ottawa that ridership would be lower with a
high-frequency train than with a high-speed one, since customers are looking
for the shortest possible trip.
In addition, VIA HFR Inc., the Crown corporation created in November 2022 to
develop a rail corridor between Quebec City and the rest of Canada, is
expected to change its name to refer to more than just high-frequency trains.
According to a government source, the consortia's work demonstrated that the
high-speed rail option was "much less expensive than originally anticipated."
Transport Canada initially estimated that the cost of a high-speed rail link
between the two cities could be as high as $80 billion.
The three consortia selected by the government are: Cadence, made up of CDPQ
Infra, SNC-Lavalin, Systra Canada and Keolis Canada; Intercity Rail
Developers, which includes EllisDon Capital, Kilmer Transportation, First
Rail Holdings, Jacobs, Hatch, CIMA+, FirstGroup, RATP Dev Canada and Renfe
Operadora; and QConnexiON Rail Partners, made up of Fengate, John Laing,
Bechtel, WSP Canada and German Rail.
It's not known which of the consortia won the tender. As the project office
owns all the bids, it could use elements from each one in the final project.
The project will be jointly developed by the federal government and the
private consortium.
It's expected to take four to five years to design the future high-speed
line. Funds are to be allocated at the end of that time period, so it's
possible a future government could modify or cancel the project.
High-speed rail could pay for itself: expert
Pierre Barrieau, a lecturer in transportation planning at the Université de
Montréal and consultant with the firm Gris Orange, said a high-speed rail
link could help pay for itself by eliminating the need to build new highways
and airports.
"We're building a project like this for [the next] 150 years," he said.
"Canada deserved better than a high-frequency train."
Barrieau said he also believes a high-frequency — but not high-speed —
train would not have brought about "a transformation in mobility" and
customer demand would have been too low.
He also said he wouldn't be surprised if the project ends up costing $120
billion.
Paul Langan, founder of the advocacy group called High Speed Rail Canada,
said he hopes the pending announcement means Canada is at "a turning point."
"I think it'd be like the U.S.A., where once you finally get it somewhere,
another corridor all of a sudden springs up," Langan said. He suggested that
a high-speed rail project between Edmonton and Calgary would likely be the
next best option.
Countries with economies less developed than Canada's already have high-speed
trains. Turkey has the YHT and Poland the PKP, which can reach speeds of 250
km/h. Morocco's Al Boraq peaks at 320 km/h. Indonesia has just inaugurated
the Whoosh, which goes up to 350 km/h.
Brazil has a high-speed rail project underway and India is importing the
Japanese Shinkansen model.
概略翻譯：
根據CBC所獲得的資訊指出，加拿大執政的杜魯道（Justin Trudeau）政府即將在數週內
宣布多倫多—魁北克市高鐵計畫。該計畫將新建獨立於在來線的電氣化路線，營運速度預
計達到每小時300公里，並提升服務密度。目前該高鐵計畫有三方競標，得標者預計將在
數月內出線。加拿大交通部尚未證實此一消息。
加拿大政府於2021年宣布將打造「高班次密度」（High-Frequency，HFR）的鐵路廊道，
計畫中的停靠站包括安大略省多倫多、彼得堡（Peterborough）與渥太華；魁北克省拉瓦
爾（Laval）、蒙特婁、三河市與魁北克市。消息來源指出，聯邦政府近日拍版，本計畫
將以高速鐵路規格建造。
加拿大政府先前粗估，建設成本可能高達加幣800億元（約台幣1.85兆元）。另設計料需時4至5年。
三家政府揀定的競標廠商為：
1.Cadence
CDPQ Infra, SNC-Lavalin, Systra Canada and Keolis Canada
2.Intercity Rail Developers
EllisDon Capital, Kilmer Transportation, First Rail Holdings, Jacobs, Hatch,
CIMA+, FirstGroup, RATP Dev Canada and Renfe Operadora
3.QConnexiON Rail Partners
Fengate, John Laing, Bechtel, WSP Canada and German Rail.
心得感想
看到這新聞真的是痛哭流涕
加拿大國內線航空把乘客當盤子肥羊
VIA鐵路則是毫無競爭力的票價跟速度
客運精美四排座真的是謝了
加拿大城際交通真的是任航空業宰割
另外這幾年減碳成為趨勢
加拿大也是卯起來蓋都會區鐵路
無論是東岸的蒙特婁、渥太華、多倫多
或是西岸的溫哥華、卡加利、愛德蒙頓
每座大城都有計劃正在進行
希望台灣也能多多推進適合本地的大眾運輸
附圖：
多倫多鐵道博物館一隅
扇形車庫變餐廳轉車台只能想像
多倫多市中心根本路電天堂
但駕駛水準也是...絕非個案
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