A possible reason that Canada doesn't have a train network...
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A possible reason that Canada doesn't have a train network... there are 4 times fewer inhabitants than in Japan... but comparing #Japan to #BritishColumbia ... BC alone is 3 times bigger than Japan in area
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to Júbilo MX last edited by
@jubiloMX Canada *did* have a very extensive train network but it has been left intirely in the hands of private enterprise that is focused only on long distance cross-border freight. Absolutely no mandate to retain community connections for local freight or local passenger service. It used to carry millions of people across the country, now almost nothing outside of Ontario/Quebec and those still much reduced.
Canadian Rail Atlas | RAC
Interactive map of Canada’s +41,000 kms railway network. View Class 1, shortline, tourist, commuter & intercity passenger railways, as well as mile posts, passenger stations & crossings.
RAC | Railway Association of Canada (www.railcan.ca)
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Júbilo MXreplied to Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 last edited by
@chris 4 days to get to Toronto... impossible to compete with a flight...
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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸replied to Júbilo MX last edited by
@jubiloMX yep. It was faster 40 years ago! Perhaps if we had invested in all this time we would be able to have a service that people wouldn’t mind a longer trip compared to the insanity of flight.
