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A high speed train between Toronto and Montreal could actually be a thing

A Toronto-Montreal high-speed rail service will dramatically shorten travel between the two cities.

Laura Osborne
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Laura Osborne
Editor, Time Out Canada
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A faster way to travel between Toronto and Montreal may be on the horizon. 

Two Montreal city councillors tabled a motion for the next Montreal City Council meeting on February 20, asking the federal government to opt into the High Speed Rail (HSR) project in the Quebec-Toronto corridor.

The Quebec-Toronto corridor HSR and would shorten the travel time between Toronto and Montreal to three hours.

Travel time between Quebec City and Montreal would be reduced to 1 hour and 40 minutes, and 1 hour between Montreal and Ottawa.

Is there a high-speed rail from Toronto to Montreal?

Currently, the fastest way to get from one city to the other via a train is by a VIA Rail Canada-operated train, covering a distance of 541 km (336 mi) in approximately 5 hours.

Despite the fun things to do in Toronto, everyone in Montreal knows shortening the travel time between the two cities is a win-win because Montreal is better than Toronto

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