Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today announced that Canada is developing a high-speed rail network in the Toronto-Québec City corridor. This transformative rail network will span approximately 1,000 km and reach speeds of up to 300 kph, with stops in Toronto, Peterborough, Ottawa, Montréal, Laval, Trois-Rivières, and Québec City. Once operational, current travel times will be slashed in half—getting passengers from Montréal to Toronto in three hours. The official name of this high-speed rail service will be Alto, as quoted from a Feb. 19 press release from the Prime Minister´s Office.
Cadence has been carefully selected to not only co-design and build, but also to finance, operate, and maintain this project. Cadence is a consortium of world-renowned companies with expertise and know-how in the design, development, and operation of large-scale transportation infrastructure. Cadence will collaborate and support Alto as work begins on detailed design, Indigenous consultations, land acquisition, and the environmental assessments necessary to enable construction.
