This high-speed rail could connect Edmonton and Calgary

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5 ай бұрын

Edmonton to Calgary in 45 minutes? TransPod’s high-speed rail could reach speeds up to 1,000 km/h, and construction of a seven-kilometre test track is slated to begin next year. CBC’s Min Dhariwal spoke to TransPod CEO Sebastien Gendron about the project.
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@Helioscore1 5 ай бұрын

JUST BUILD A NORMAL HIGH SPEED RAIL NETWORK!

@vincentng2392 5 ай бұрын

Medium-speed rail at 150 km/h would just be fine.

@Taquitos-burritos 5 ай бұрын

Nah. That would be too easy. The engineers like challenges 😉

@ihor9058 5 ай бұрын

350 km/hod 1 stop Red Deer 1:30hours ez travel

@nicklang7670 5 ай бұрын

I know! I only came to here to say exactly that.

@Realistic_Management 5 ай бұрын

Amen

@robertcartwright4374 5 ай бұрын

I guess ordinary 300kph high speed rail would be too practical, and not enough of a gamble.

@tjd321654 5 ай бұрын

I paused the video and checked the upload date, shocked to find out it wasn't like 5 years ago, lol

@charlier1443 5 ай бұрын

Enough with all of those "POD" companies. How is a "POD" with like twelve seats going to fix our transit problem? WE NEED HIGH SPEED TRAIN FROM COAST TO COAST.

@volvodude101 Ай бұрын

no we don't, we have airplanes

@AnthemUnanthemed 5 ай бұрын

let me get this straight, the idea is to use something based off the hyperloop (a literal scam), except instead of using the scam tech from hyperloop u want to replace it with functional tech from modern highspead rail (maglev which probably still means extremely expensive carbon intensive super conductors), but you also want to lower both the capacity for riders and freight by making it go by 1 car at a time, effectively kneecapping effective efficient throughput of goods and people, optimizing for what? speed around corners? what is it gonna be, 10 min faster by being 7x the cost?

@Fenthule 5 ай бұрын

It's not a vacuum tube. it's a jet propulsion system in a guidance tube. there's no need to maintain a vacuum therefore DRAMATICALLY reducing the complexity. It does sound completely bonkers at first glance but look deeper, they aren't trying to reinvent the wheel. My only real concerns are cost effectiveness and to some extent safety.

@AnthemUnanthemed 5 ай бұрын

@@Fenthulewere we looking at the same thing, their website said its maglev tech in a tube.

@RPicard1963 5 ай бұрын

Cool idea. I'll believe it when I see it.

@stanleykachuik2589 5 ай бұрын

Great, building 3.5km of track per year. If the full track starts by 2030. We can expect to be riding it in 2072. Just in time for my 100 birthday 😅

@timothyletwin5911 4 ай бұрын

This is the test track and also going into the city poses many more problems. They would undoubtfully start the full construction in many area's at the same time.

@PoliticsInCars 5 ай бұрын

"Monorail!".... everytime this comes up, I hear that Simpson's song...

@theflowpowa42oshow 5 ай бұрын

Monorail?

@Coss_logan 4 ай бұрын

Is there a chance the track could bend ?

@theflowpowa42oshow 4 ай бұрын

Not on your life, my Hindu friend. @@Coss_logan

@theflowpowa42oshow 4 ай бұрын

Not on your life, my Hindu friend! @@Coss_logan

@KevinScandinavia 4 ай бұрын

I'm here to present the people of Alberta with an idea, an idea so great... Ah it's not for you, it's more of a Quebec idea 😁

@ninemoonplanet 5 ай бұрын

😂 There was a train running between Calgary and Edmonton, actually went to Medicine Hat, but one of the major railway corporations made it obsolete when they demanded more freight trains. High speed 🚄 rail would be a bonus to a few places along the way that basically faded after the original line was taken over.

@volvodude101 Ай бұрын

it's almost as though Alberta residents can get where they want using their own personal motorcar or something

@a.v.2491 4 ай бұрын

I honestly prefer a high speed rail. It will definitely be cheaper than whatever this hyperloop is and probably more affordable to a usual commuter.

@Bleusilences 5 ай бұрын

This is scam and not possible, if anyone greenlite this project, they would need to rot in prison for the rest of their life.

@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621 13 күн бұрын

Literally several other countries have been able to have something like this, it’s actually standard in many cities.

@YbotPoweredGaming 5 ай бұрын

The Calgary-Edmonton corridor is a great opportunity for high-speed rail or even a maglev train but hyperloop-style trains just feel like they are over-engineered. This would be the first successful hyperloop project that is commercially viable if its successful. This would be fantastic for Alberta if it worked, however, I am extremely skeptical of hyperloop trains because they remain unproven. Also, it would be cheaper to build a maglev or a regular high-speed rail, either one of these would connect Calgary to Edmonton in a little over an hour.

@AnthemUnanthemed 5 ай бұрын

I looked into it, its the expensiveness of hyperloop infrastructure with single pods with the expensiveness of maglev tech tacked on, but giving the worst of all worlds

@Fenthule 5 ай бұрын

This isn't a hyperloop btw. Lots of people seem to think that. These guys want to do a small maglev elevated jet propulsion "pod" in a non vacuum tube - mostly just for safety so you don't go flying lol none of what they're doing is revolutionary in it's own sense, it's just never been put together like this. My only real concern is actually cost and also safety.

@AnthemUnanthemed 5 ай бұрын

@@Fenthuleok so in order for anything maglev to work its likely going to be cooled by liquid gases at a high pressure which are used to keep the superconductors cool bc thats the only way u can get something like this to hover, so the energy into the ln2 or something else plus the heat from a jet propulsion system all confined in another tube sounds more and more like a complicated and expensive bomb to cause the most expensive damage expensive when it fails

@benji4840 5 ай бұрын

It will never happen. Unfortunately

@Fenthule 5 ай бұрын

Man I'm soo conflicted about this company/plan. On on hand the logical side of me SCREAMS "Gadgetbahn", but on the other hand when I looked into it a little further, they aren't actually proposing anything revolutionary. It's just a maglev jet propulsion powered train in a tube. I think the whole "pod" idea needs get tossed away, and actually use a train, but the fact that they aren't trying to do the whole vacuum tube nonsense of the hyperloop is a MAJOR credit to the plan. The physics make sense honestly, it's just the cost effectiveness that has me seriously concerned. edit: after looking at these comments I can tell that this interview should have asked better questions as most people seem to think this is a hyperloop, which is is not. Well, not really in the vacuum tube sense that we all saw the scams about lol

@transpiler 5 ай бұрын

Funny there are already ~25 jet-propelled flights per day between Calgary and Edmonton.

@tonytango6676 5 ай бұрын

Every 10 or 20 years this pops up as another headline. Ho-hum. In the early 1980s there was a passenger service involving a unique looking rail, car, singular, with the operators cabin in the middle a foot or two higher than the rest of the rail car. I have always wished I could’ve taken that once or twice just for the fun of it. The problem was, there were too many crossings and collisions with cars along the way. Or so the railroad said.

@timothyletwin5911 4 ай бұрын

No the problem has been Oil drunk Albertan's want to drive their large suv's and trucks. No one's gonna tell them what to do. God forbid we remove some transport trucks off of the QE2.

@JuliasCesar 5 ай бұрын

I’m sorry but this is another GADGETBAHN. ALBERTA GET REAL AND BUILD A REAL TRAIN LINE. What the hell is this wacky outlandish and costly design?! Built in 10 years? We could get a regular train running in 5 months if we wanted to. Albertans need to voice their opposition to this crap plan.

@ctcamara 5 ай бұрын

It would be nice to have one crossing Canada.

@szzk7937 5 ай бұрын

Every cm has to be inspected daily, Japan is small they can have high speed trains. How could you go through the forests to inspect every cm in Canada. High speed trains are more for like a small distance.

@TrapZoneCanine 4 ай бұрын

That would be epic!

@bubba842 2 ай бұрын

@@szzk7937funny, because that doesn't happen in Italy or France.

@tylerduchesneau 5 ай бұрын

I sure hope the government doesn’t give them a cent. It will turn into a total mess. There are already train tracks between the cities

@Puggalug 5 ай бұрын

Does transportation like this exist in other parts of the world? If so, where? Also, if so, why is it so inconceivable for there to be one from Edmonton to Calgary?

@alistairlogie1815 5 ай бұрын

No, they don't. Real high speed trains exist, but not these, these are the 21st-century monorail.

@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621 13 күн бұрын

Yes, everywhere. Canada needs to tap more into the train market/

@moblemax9276 17 сағат бұрын

This isn't a train, we need actual rail service. This is just Hyperloop with a fresh coat of paint, it's meant to act as a distraction to make rail harder to build. @@dehavillandcanadatwinotter9621

@loveobviously 5 ай бұрын

They have been talking about this for years since I was in high school in 2005. Not going to happen

@chrthewrestler2301 5 ай бұрын

they started to say this 20 years ago and now is 2024. hahahah canada ? we will never get high speed rail or new technology and people here refuse to get it too... we never learn from japan and china or even korea. they have the best technology and the best transit systems but we refuse to learn. this pods is just an ad. they talked about this LONG TIME AGO and nothing gets done... actually, nothing gets done here in canada anyways this is not new. hahahaha

@volvodude101 Ай бұрын

they have a requirement for it and we do not.

@KMDragonS 4 ай бұрын

I live in Calgary and that idea has been going up for years

@SpencerLupul 5 ай бұрын

why not regular passenger rail goddarnit. It ain’t that difficult

@M_D93 5 ай бұрын

This would have been useful when I visited Alberta

@greggreg2263 2 ай бұрын

It’s nice that it can haul freight, but I’m thinking do we really need any dirtbags from Edmonton walking around Calgary anymore than they are already?

@Paul-rd5pw 3 ай бұрын

Would this qualify as a pipe dream?

@volvodude101 Ай бұрын

If a news article says "could" or "might" you should read that as "won't" Edmonton to Calgary in 45 minutes? that exists already and it's called an airplane.

@TroyQwert 5 ай бұрын

I believe some kinda new land transit system has to appear in Canada and revolutionize transportation. Whatever you may say, I just believe. Actually, I feel it's coming. It's inevitable. 😊

@RHTeebs 5 ай бұрын

I hate to say it, but, this feels like a gadgetbahn. It feels more expensive than a conventional high speed rail line. I give the company all the best of luck. But, the track record for monorails, pneumatic pods, and other types of gadgetbahns, is just not that good. I'm interested in the progress, though. I will definitely be keeping my eyes open on this one.

@transpiler 5 ай бұрын

It’s worse than a gadgetbahn. It’s hot air and not buildable. The same right of way required for this could be just as easily used for a dedicated HSR line. There you go. No freight traffic.

@Fenthule 5 ай бұрын

@@transpiler The freight traffic is a plus though. Passenger high speed rail wont be cost effective enough to build the lines alone. You basically NEED freight service in order to break even for the cost to construct and operate. There's simply not enough daily commuters between the cities willing to pay that much to justify building it without also having freight available. The physics behind their project is pretty solid since they aren't doing a hypertloop with a vacuum tube, they aren't reinventing any wheels here at all. My only real question is the cost effectiveness of the system, and if it wouldn't be better to ditch the "pod" and just use actual trains.

@transpiler 5 ай бұрын

@@Fenthule I’m really not following your logic here. Low-speed freight and high-speed passenger rail simply don’t operate on the same tracks anywhere in the world. Does Brightline need freight on the same tracks to survive? Shinkansen? TGV?

@user-kr7fm8tl2b 5 ай бұрын

thanks David

@richboy3860 5 ай бұрын

“Could”

@snipersLock 2 ай бұрын

Key word being "imagine", cause that how it's going to stay, in the imagination 😔

@jeycalc6877 5 ай бұрын

bad idea, use high speed rail

@LiveInnerCity 4 ай бұрын

Hope they consider expanding to other parts of Canada in the future!

@VVCCC1213 2 ай бұрын

That would be awesome 👌

@liminzhang8211 2 ай бұрын

The problem is, when?

@JessT-vg7ib 5 ай бұрын

Alberta needs to get in line.

@403mt 5 ай бұрын

Make us 🤡

@volvodude101 Ай бұрын

why? what problem will this solve?

@c.curmudgeon2834 4 ай бұрын

Sounds like something that's never going to be built.

@juliansmith4295 2 ай бұрын

There's a reason it sounds like that.

@peterlim8841 4 ай бұрын

All Edmonton people move to Calgary

@thedruiddiaries6378 4 ай бұрын

What kind of frieght? Thats a concern.

@gaetanomagnifico1836 5 ай бұрын

Private funding he says, more like taxpayer funding the project.

@Math_Homework_Help 5 ай бұрын

Cool 👍

@Britishdave09 5 ай бұрын

This is all about Edmonton wanting a cheap connection to Southern Alberta, since its of low value to Calgarians. Calgarians rarely have reason, need or desire to travel to Edmonton.

@topshootersniper7544 4 ай бұрын

yeah not a single soul wants to travel to the capital city, sure bud

@jeycalc6877 5 ай бұрын

do we even want to go 1,000 km/h, that is dangerous

@alistairlogie1815 5 ай бұрын

So you drive at exactly 99 km/h on the freeway? Because most drivers go above that in their cars, not to mention the fact that the Bullet Trains in Japan run at over 300km/h and there has not been a single passenger fatality since on them since the first line opened in 1964.

@jeycalc6877 5 ай бұрын

@@alistairlogie1815 Typo, I meant to say 1,000 km/h, it's in the description

@clem9796 5 ай бұрын

This has been floated for years. What's the new idea, just carry freight too?

@volvodude101 Ай бұрын

they're using buzzwords to get attention

@slowjamsliver7006 5 ай бұрын

Looks like the Hyperloop, and that failed. Just build a regular train.

@Taquitos-burritos 5 ай бұрын

The rest of the world is cancelling the Hyperloop tests as it is not practical to operate a high speed pod/train in vacuum yet/ever. But not for Alberta 😜. Hope they realize their dreams and don't waste tax money.

@Taquitos-burritos 5 ай бұрын

The reason why this model is more practical than the rest of the world is the capacity to carry freight. $60 one way is a Good way to start with.🤣🤣🤣

@DRPL766 5 ай бұрын

I wish. This idea has been discussed for decades

@jasperli 4 ай бұрын

Bro used “freight” as his excuse. Build an HSR corridor. Quad track. Two tracks each on separated systems. Two tracks for slower moving freight, two tracks for HSR. It’ll be more reliable than a Hyperloop and it’ll still cost less to build & maintain. China trialled a cargo HS train, high speed cargo argument doesn’t hold any weight for the Huperloop.

@user-yz9dz4iw4s 5 ай бұрын

Do it!

@j1r2000 5 ай бұрын

TRAIN TRAIN TRAIN TRAIN TRAIN

@TenthCrane2788 2 ай бұрын

Japan's bullet train speed is 300 kph (186 mph) The Toronto start up says they will make their train reach 1,000 kph. I smell a scam.

@marniejane88 Ай бұрын

Omg its a startup no

@ye333 4 ай бұрын

Good luck having it in service by 2100

@sangseafood 5 ай бұрын

10 years later, still talking about the projects。

@qwerty9714 3 ай бұрын

Can we just hire china to come and build us a normal high speed rail that’s proven to be effective???

@DjAdam16 5 ай бұрын

Cool idea!! Although we all know this will be delivered in the year 2300 🤡

@theflowpowa42oshow 5 ай бұрын

choo chooo!!!🚅

@user-vh3lm3qo4t 5 ай бұрын

Hyperloop?

@Themapleleaforever 4 ай бұрын

Normal HSR please

@peterlim8841 4 ай бұрын

What!

@paxtothemax3824 5 ай бұрын

So many of these johns just start company with a solution that 4000 people already have thought of, with absolutely zero ability to build hard infrastructure especially hsr, which is a project that requires federal support. Like I wish I had the money to make random companies that have no ability to get to scale.

@lesgrossman4636 5 ай бұрын

I came up with this idea about 40 years ago lol…. True story

@scottolson5498 5 ай бұрын

I hate the drive and it is deadly. I would go for that

@wesleyaudreygallant6987 2 ай бұрын

West coast to East Coast and Peace River High Level enterprise Yellowknife NWT

@Realistic_Management 5 ай бұрын

You know what already has plenty *working* examples worldwide? High-speed rail! Enough of this hyperloop B.S. that's never actually been proven to work anywhere at this scale. Let's get German or Japanese engineers to consult and build a real high speed train between Calgary and Edmonton that would be the envy of North America. We have the geography, the population density (and growing), and there's already a rail right-of-way. Get on with it.

@volvodude101 Ай бұрын

Using the existing rail network, a 150 kmh passenger train could be resumed for nearly zero cost, and could even be operated by VIA who does this already elsewhere. High speed rail is exorbitant, what problem would it really be solving in Alberta? Who will use it? Not wrorth the cost at all. Your working examples are high population countries where fewer people own cars.

@Realistic_Management Ай бұрын

@@volvodude101 TBH 150 kph would qualify as high speed rail by Canadian standards. And I would be completely fine with that instead of much higher European/Asian speeds that require grade separation. Just make sure the trains go downtown to downtown for maximum convenience.

@jacobMU1 5 ай бұрын

Wasn't this whole idea scrapped ?

@jeffliu4203 4 ай бұрын

Good, finally somebody is really doing something. I remember last time it was Elon Musk, and the company name was Hyper Loop. I hope they can get things going this time, at least show the world a proof of concept.

@CasperTLW 4 ай бұрын

It should be farther from the road for car accident purposes

@j.barren3738 5 ай бұрын

CBC News Trudeau's state run propaganda media. Please report the truth 😢

@zzappligator 5 ай бұрын

If it's harder, better, faster, stronger, the current AB government will block it.

@alistairlogie1815 5 ай бұрын

This is a great project, but it needs to use REAL, proven technology, not some tech bro bullshit pods. High speed trains that use conventional rails are proven in systems from Spain to South Korea, these pods have never been built in real life, and there is no proof that they could transport people efficiently or affordably, be built in the amount of time or for the price that they claim, or reach the claimed speed of 1000 km/h.

@bark9396 3 ай бұрын

Don't build a monorail! Canada (especially Alberta) is flat! It is easier and cheaper to build and maintain a normal high-speed rail (hell, even regular rail, these cities just deserve to be connected with more than just bus, plane, and car)!

@dembipor 5 ай бұрын

Could ... I could be a multi-millionaire if I had won a jackpot from Lotto Max.

@malaudisa 5 ай бұрын

Imagine that…! That’s pretty much all you’ll get, an imaginary train link because Canada can do nothing any more, even less so when there’s innovation involved. We just like to talk about these kinds of projects.

@slowcrunch2246 4 ай бұрын

🤠 🇨🇦

@hughjass1044 2 ай бұрын

Yup.... And it "could" connect Edmonton to the moon too and such a track is just about as likely to get built. Just build an ordinary goddam railway to move people and stuff and never mind with the fancy gadgets!!

@LucasHenke-qw7jt 4 ай бұрын

YEG - YYC - BANFF is the only way this makes sense

@Makeitblue127 5 ай бұрын

Lie down when you’re dreaming

@drangusgrangus 4 ай бұрын

why can't we just hire the Japanese to build one for us?

@GTR-88-u8g 25 күн бұрын

only china have the tech to build this and will never come cowtwon

@jeffhaack1325 5 ай бұрын

Thank goodness, this passenger service is decades overdue and the highway is WAY too busy.

@pecopeco5907 2 ай бұрын

lmao, out of ur own pocket? sure.

@donnienimfo 4 ай бұрын

im calling bs on this one

@TenthCrane2788 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely do not give any money to a friggin Toronto startup! Talk with Japan high speed rail makers.

@volvodude101 Ай бұрын

China can do it for half. But it's still pointless, just use the existing rail system. 2 hour trip at 150 kmh. Or go on a plane.

@macarioseko5686 3 ай бұрын

This is just rich people envisioning a future that they believe can be accomplished but it's just a waste of resources and often times, very unrealistic and physically impossible.

@Justanobody8472 4 ай бұрын

Coming 2067

@lanceb7556 5 ай бұрын

This is just complete bullshit

@Adam.Langton 5 ай бұрын

Great analysis. Lots to think about there 🤔

@lordflick895 Ай бұрын

NO NO NO NO NO! Not another startup with yet another pod! I don't need to hear anymore to know that this is %100 scam.

@Mahalima-ul4ut 2 ай бұрын

Will this benefit the farming industry and the oil industry at least? Why not twin the major highways instead, and 3 lanes on strategic spans of QE2 and Highway 1. We Albertans are not mass commuters. We want privacy and safety when commuting. Remember, Greyhound bus did not survive. This is not europe or japan or china. We dont want to go to Calgary and Edmonton and rent a car there, we want to use our own cars going around. And for tourism sake, why not put the commuter train from Banff to Calgary instead, just for novelty and prestige, right ? Please use wisely the money of the people.

@Mahalima-ul4ut 2 ай бұрын

How can the farmers and the oil industries heavy equipment be transported to the field? The highways right? And now compare our highways with the highway in the US. Alberta highways are pathetic, right? These highspeed commuter train will just be a novelty. Only tourist and vacationeers will be benefiting from it.

@volvodude101 Ай бұрын

the oil and farming industry has been targeted for destruction by the federal regime, as have your personal motorcars. this project would be purely for the appeasement of useless eaters and invasive species.

@DG-ou5ww 4 ай бұрын

this is the oldest news news 25 years old, Calgary to Edmonton , also Edmonton to privately owned Edmonton airport on actual rails pre-built owned by Edmonton taxpayers actuality went to newly expanded airport property destroyed deemed unsustainable, due to all parking, park nride all cab fair wars , line wars, . a real thing, .. don't you forget all the safety issues when proposed rail to the north shipping workforce, and equipment, , sustainable planes , chosen, privately funded opportunities , do not forget private city center airport, shut down for affordable housing, forwarding thinking, 28 years ago for homeless situation Edmonton was knees deep in then . it will be very interesting to recoup all Government and friends involved in foriegn ownership and profiteering partnership with new privately owned ventures Edmonton spent mulylti millions building false infrastructure, 8 percent property tax, bag tax for markers happy meal , 10 dollars with container it comes with.. Edmonton Mayor's are Trudemic Justinflation puppies