Originally Posted by
money_opp
the Toronto-Montreal Via Rail trains travel at the similar distance of NY-Montreal route of 360 miles, but the Canadians do it better at 5 hours one way and they're trying to make it within 3 hours in the next decade.. maybe the Americans are still trying to beat the train system of USSR?
Are you implying that Montreal-Toronto/Montreal-NYC have comparable passenger demand, which would make upgrading the tracks on the latter an economically wise/feasible decision?