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Why VIA Rail will not make a full recovery in 2024
And why it might not happen in 2025 either….
Dec 22, 2024
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Johnny Renton
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Why VIA Rail will not make a full recovery in 2024
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January 2024
Revisiting transit oriented development on the GO Train corridor
How the staggering growth in the adoption of TOD on the GO train network requires a re-evaluation of whether we are ready to handle it properly
Jan 1, 2024
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Johnny Renton
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Revisiting transit oriented development on the GO Train corridor
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August 2023
Concordes and Parking Lots: Part 2 of 2
A brief history of passenger rail in contemporary Canada from 1990 until today
Aug 10, 2023
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Johnny Renton
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Concordes and Parking Lots: Part 1 of 2
A brief history of passenger rail in contemporary Canada from 1960 until 1989
Aug 8, 2023
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Johnny Renton
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July 2023
Let Ontario Northland take over VIA Rail's Sudbury to White River service
It's time to put the essential remote service into the hands of a competent agency that understands the region
Jul 14, 2023
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Johnny Renton
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Let Ontario Northland take over VIA Rail's Sudbury to White River service
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The VIA High Frequency Rail project: $600 million and counting and still nothing to show for it.
How this project is fast becoming a once in a generation boondoggle and a scandal in the making
Jul 12, 2023
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Johnny Renton
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The VIA High Frequency Rail project: $600 million and counting and still nothing to show for it.
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February 2023
The Dutch High Speed Rail Debacle
How the first Dutch high speed rail line failed to meet its original vision 14 years after launching its first services, and what North America can…
Feb 27, 2023
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Johnny Renton
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The Dutch High Speed Rail Debacle
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December 2022
The Ontario Northland Experiment
How an unlikely passenger rail project for Northern Ontario came to be, and why it calls almost all conventional thinking about trains in Canada into…
Dec 20, 2022
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Johnny Renton
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The Ontario Northland Experiment
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July 2022
Why doesn't Canada have more trains?
How bad ideas, bad leadership, and treating trains as elitist instead of populist are holding back opportunities for better intercity rail service.
Jul 19, 2022
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Johnny Renton
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May 2022
Conversation Corner: Is the VIA Rail model still relevant?
Looking at what role Canada's national passenger rail carrier should play in the 2020's.
May 26, 2022
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Johnny Renton
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Conversation Corner: Is the VIA Rail model still relevant?
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The Modernism of Mexican Railways
Brilliant designs in the face of decline, and a complicated future.
May 23, 2022
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Is VIA HFR the Canadian Brightline?
A look into Canada's first attempt at a modern, intercity passenger rail network
May 18, 2022
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