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The Calgary–Edmonton Corridor is approximately 260 km long (about 3 hours by car), and is serviced by the Queen Elizabeth II Highway.
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# O5 D5 q+ X: l; MA study by the Van Horne Institute concluded that "high speed rail would bring significant benefits to the Calgary–Edmonton corridor and Alberta as a whole". The report also stated that the project would "generate between CAD $3.7 and $6.1 billion in quantifiable benefits". The study considered three options:8 f) `8 X5 N0 }2 ?0 T( Z) i |9 M
& j- }0 s$ R, x. G+ P4 z2 \Upgrade of an existing Canadian Pacific freight route to allow trains up to 240 km/h using Bombardier's JetTrain, costing approximately $1.8 billion.
6 S/ e' ?) ^1 a7 q, `9 DA new dedicated passenger route, known as the "Green Field" route, also using the Jet Train, and costing approximately $2.2 billion. 3 f# w U5 V4 @$ _4 h* e2 l
An electrified version of the Green Field route, using TGV style trains running at 300 km/h, costing approximately $3.7 billion.
6 }3 J! |* _1 |" IThe report also found that there was little incremental benefit in running at 300 km/h rather than 240 km/h, and therefore recommended the first option.
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On September 22, 2006, the government of Alberta announced that it was deploying video cameras along a stretch of the Queen Elizabeth Highway to measure the number of cars that travel between the two cities.[6]4 v+ |* ]) l9 _5 a3 _+ Z
" s; y3 h5 ]( W2 FThe Calgary Herald announced on April 18, 2007, that the provincial government had purchased land in downtown Calgary for a possible station or terminal.[7] On April 7, 2011, Premier Stelmach said that the land being purchased for the new location of the Royal Alberta Museum could be used as the Edmonton terminal.[8]
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In 2011, Alberta premier Alison Redford said that the high speed rail is a priority for her. Saying "such an initiative could unite the province and send a message to Canada and the world about Alberta’s progress."[9]" e( ^$ k, E% ~( Z! }- U+ ]
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