SYSTRA Canada

(Courtesy of Alto)

Alto HSR Project Advances (UPDATED 12/15)

Canada’s Alto and its private-developer partner Cadence will soon begin outreach to the steel industry in support of the roughly 621-mile (1,000-kilometer) Toronto-Québec City HSR (high-speed rail) project, whose first segment the

A high-speed rail development contract was signed March 21 by Crown corporation Alto (formerly VIA HFR) and the Cadence consortium. The nearly 660-mile line will be dedicated electrified HSR, with trains running up to 186 mph between Toronto and Quebec City, with stops at Peterborough, Ottawa, Montréal, Laval, and Trois-Rivières. (Logos Courtesy of CNW Group/Alto)

Transit Briefs: Alto HSR, Metrolinx, TransLink

Canada’s Alto and the Cadence consortium sign an agreement to develop HSR (high-speed rail) between Toronto and Québec City. Also, the Canadian government advances Metrolinx’s Hazel McCallion LRT extension in Brampton, Ontario; and Vancouver’s TransLink completes upgrades to the Brentwood Town Center SkyTrain Station in Burnaby.