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ViaFast
ViaFast (corporately styled VIAFast) was an abandoned passenger rail plan that would have cut Via Rail's trip times throughout the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor.〔 ViaFast did not propose true high-speed service throughout the service area, but a series of smaller upgrades to avoid known bottlenecks and provide improved performance at a fraction of the price of entirely new lines. It aimed to reduce the Toronto-Montreal time by about one hour to 3.5 hours, halving the Montreal-Quebec City time to 2 hours, and reducing Toronto-Windsor time by an hour to 3.5 hours.
Initially studied in 2002, the plan was announced in the last days of the Jean Chrétien government. During the transition to Paul Martin's leadership, members of both the sitting Liberals and their opposition in the Canadian Alliance expressed concerns about the plan and it was quietly abandoned. Details of the ViaFast plan became known to the public in 2009 when it was leaked to Canwest news services.
==The Corridor==
"The Corridor" is Via Rail's name for passenger services along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. This corridor lines pass through 6 of the top 10 largest metropolitan areas in Canada,〔("Population and dwelling counts, for census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations, 2006 and 2001 censuses - 100% data" ), Statistics Canada〕 and passes within a short driving distance of about 60% of Canada's entire population.〔("Quebec-Windsor Corridor, Canada" ), railway-technology.com〕 It is one of the few locations within Canada that has the population density to support inter-city rail service at a profit, representing 85% of Via's overall ridership, and 70% of its profits. In 2005, it carried 3 million of Via Rail's annual 3.9 million passengers.〔
The services currently offered by Via were taken over from their former operators, CN Rail and CP Rail, in 1977.〔 These companies became freight-only services the next year when Via started full operation. Via's initially ran almost all of the original CP and CN routes, but over time they eliminated any duplication in service by moving increasingly to the CN lines. As the freight operators owned the lines, Via trains were forced to run behind freight,〔Francois Shalom, ("Feds plan $300-million upgrade to Central Canadian rail link" ), ''Montreal Gazette'' (Canwest News Service) 16 July 2009〕 reducing their on-time performance. In 1987 Via introduced an on-time policy to address the inevitable delays.〔("Via Rail: An astounding history" ), Via Rail〕
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