Funding announced for high speed rail

NRU
April 11, 2018

April 6 premier Kathleen Wynne announced an $11-billion investment into Phase One of a high speed rail line along the Toronto-Windsor corridor. This initial investment into the corridor would allow for a 73-minute trip between Toronto and London on high-speed electric trains travelling at speeds of up to 250 kilometres per hour. Phase One would include station stops at London, Kitchener, Guelph, and Toronto Union Station. Phase Two will add stops in Windsor and Chatham.

A request for bids to develop the environmental assessment terms of reference for the high speed rail project was issued by the Government of Ontario last December, with the contract since awarded to WSP.