Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Premier McGuinty says bullet trains are the wave of the future

Wednesday, April 23, 2008
By: Shauna Hunt

The Premier wants Ontario's transit to go high speed and he said it's only a matter of time before bullet trains connect the provinces.

Steps are already in progress as Premier Dalton McGuinty told 680News "[...]we're now funding a study to see how we can make this a reality."

According to McGuinty, Ontario needs to catch up to the high speed transit systems already in Japan and Europe that are able to travel as fast as 200 km/h.

He said bullet trains are the future and he has even talked to Quebec's Premier about them.

"Jean Charest and I have sat down and we've enlisted the support of the federal government.  We think we should have a high speed train.  We wanna move people and families quickly and efficiently," he explained.

McGuinty stressed the last thing Ontario needs is another highway 401.

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