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2025 Ontario-Quebec high-speed rail map
2025 Ontario-Quebec high-speed rail map

ALL ONTARIO - QUEBEC HIGH SPEED RAIL STUDIES

(updated 02/23/2025)

1. 1970 - Inter-City Passenger Transport Study - Canadian Transport Commission

2. 1980 - Alternative to Air: A Feasibility Concept for the Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal Corridor  -  Canadian Institute of Guided Ground Transportation on behalf of the Transportation Centre of Transport Canada.

3. 1984 - High Speed Passenger Rail in Canada, VIA Rail Canada. English

4. 1989 - Review of Passenger Rail Transportation in Canada, VIA Rail Canada,

5. 1989 - Pre-feasibility Study of High Speed Rail Services in the
Quebec-Montreal- Ottawa/Hull-Toronto Corridor, Bombardier

6. 1990 - Sprintor, Pre-feasibility Study, Windsor-Quebec Rail Corridor, ABB Canada Inc. English

7. 1990 The Canadian TGV Project - Bombardier, GEC, Alstom English

8. 1990 High Speed Rail in Ontario Quebec Corridor A Review of Previous Studies - Transurb Inc. Montreal - Reviews 6 of 8 previous studies on High Speed Rail in Ontario-Quebec
English

9. 1991 - Ontario/Quebec Rapid Train Task Force, Ontario and Quebec Governments - English - French 

10. 1991 - High Speed Rail Market Assessment - Air Canada/CP Rail

11. 1992 - Fast Tracks - Options for High Speed Rail in Canada - VIA Rail English - French

12. 1994 Improving a Fragile Linear Logit Model Specified for High Speed Rail
 Demand Analysis in the Quebec-Windsor Corridor of Canada - University of Montreal

13. 1995 - Quebec-Ontario High Speed Rail Project - Government of Canada,
Ontario and Quebec Governments  English - French 

14. 1995 - Quebec- Ontario High Speed Rail Project- Industrial Strategy Study
 - Simpson Guerin Consordium English

15. 1995 Quebec Ontario High Speed Rail Project - Preliminary Routing Assessment and Costing Study SNC-Lavalin others English

16. 1998 - Lynx High Speed Rail System - Consordium - Alstom, SNC-Lavellin,
Bombardier, and Others English Summary

17. 1995 - Joint Study of High Speed Rail Ridership and Revenues - Air Canada/CP Rail

18. 2002 - VIAFast- VIA Rail Canada English - French

19. 2003 - High Speed Passenger Rail Analysis - Environmental and Socio- Economic Impacts of VIAFast - IBI Group for Transport Canada  English 

20. 2009 - Infrastructure and the Economy: Future directions for Ontario - Martin Prosperity Institute (includes section on High Speed Rail) English

21. 2010 - Socio economic Study of High Speed Rail implementation on the Quebec – Windsor– (Detroit – Chicago) Corridor for the cities of Quebec, Montreal, Laval, London, Toronto, Windsor and Montreal Metropolitan Community - SNCF International English 

NOTE:French - 2010 - annex 3: « Impacts economiques de la construction et de l'exploitation d'une ligne a grande vitesse entre Quebec et Montreal - Universite de laval - Gérald LeBlanc is included in english report

22. 2011 - Updated Feasibility Study of a High Speed Rail Service Quebec City-Windsor - EcoTrains for Ministry of Transport Ontario,Quebec and Transport Canada English - French

23. 2014 - Toronto - Kitchener - London, Ontario High Speed Rail - Pre-feasibility Study for the Ontario Ministy of Transportation - Plus Environmental Social Aspects Memo - English and Memo

24. 2016 - Preliminary Business Case for High Speed Rail on the Toronto to Windsor Corridor November 2016 Steer Davies Gleave  English

25. 2017 - Special Advisor Report Ontario High Speed Rail  - David Collenette - English  

26. 2022 - Alstom TGV Presentation Ontario-Quebec November  - English

27. 2023 - Build it Right - A Study of HFR/HSR in Canada - Cambia Consulting - English

28. 2025 - All Aboard: The Benefits of Faster, More Frequent Passenger Trains between Ontario and Québec and The Costs of Delay - C.D. Howe Institute - English

Alstom Ontario- Quebec TGV
TGV Ontario-Quebec Alstom - November 2022


 2009 HIGH SPEED RAIL STANDING COMMITTEE HEARINGS AUDIO

2009 Canadian Government Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
 / Comité permanent des transports, de l’infrastructure et des collectivités

NOTE: These may eventually disappear from government website so please download if needed. English and French.

 Presentations from various stakeholders regarding "High Speed Rail in Canada", including Paul Langan from High Speed Rail Canada and David Jeanes Transport 2000 Canada and many others.

https://www.noscommunes.ca/Committees/fr/TRAN/StudyActivity?studyActivityId=2698816