High Speed Rail In Canada Princess Twin Cinema Presentation

High Speed Rail Canada in cooperation with the Princess Twin Cinema present an evening full of presentations, guest speakers, and video about high speed trains.

To news editors for immediate release…….. October 14th, 2010


The Princess Twin Cinema in cooperation with High Speed Rail Canada on Wednesday November 18th, 2010 at 7pm is hosting a premier high speed rail event in Waterloo Ontario .

“High Speed Rail in Canada – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” will be a multimedia event featuring video, slide presentations and guest speakers from two of the largest passenger rail manufacturers in the world, Alstom and Bombardier and from High Speed Rail Canada.

From a vintage 1967 promotional 4 minute film on Canada ’s legendary high speed Turbo Train to modern video of the record breaking 574km/h high speed train run in France , this event promises to educate and entertain. Guest speakers include Paul Larouche -Bombardier, Ashley Langford – Alstom and Paul Langan – High Speed Rail Canada .

Paul Langan states,” We are fortunate to have such an intimate and quality venue for this event. I am excited about the quality of our two guest speakers from the passenger rail car industry and the chance to educate Canadians on the past, present, and future of high speed rail in Canada and around the world.”

Tickets are only $10.00, advance tickets are strongly recommended as the cinema has limited seating capacity. The cinema is located at 46 King Street North Waterloo
For more information on the event or directions to the cinema go to the Princess Twin Cinema website - the High Speed Rail Canada website or call Paul Langan at 519-654-0089

Is it Time for the Return of the Jet Train!

It all started innocently enough. For some reason the last few months I have received several emails asking the whereabouts of Bombardier’s Jet Train. The Bombardier Jet train, with its turbine engines has not been seen since it was on display in Florida in 2003.

Unfortunately, the development and introduction of the Jet Train was during a time when a guy named Bush was president in the USA and another guy named Bush the governor of Florida. Combine that bad luck with a finance minister in Canada who used to own a bus company. The end result was no money was allocated to purchase Bombardier’s Jet Train.

Fast forward a few years and things have changed a whole lot in the USA with pro-rail President Obama investing in and improving existing rail corridors that would suit the Jet Train.

In Canada since the government has no plan for passenger rail it is hard to imagine those in power doing anything proactive like utilizing the Jet Train to improve VIA’s present service. But if the government did invest, the Jet Train would work in a couple corridors in the VIA network.

Why the optimism about the possible return of the Jet Train? Nobody has located its present whereabouts and it has vanished from Bombardier’s website.

Bombardier around the world is having record sales. It started with it’s $761 million China high speed train deal. Now they have signed a $889 million deal in Italy for high speed trains. Add in $1.1 billion in sales to Brazil and Australia you may wonder where the Jet Train fits into Bombardier's plans.

Well reliable sources have suggested that the death of the Bombardier Jet Train may be premature. Personally, I think the climate is right for the return of the Jet Train and it will make a return somewhere in the USA during their period of passenger rail revitalization plans by President Obama. Stay tuned….