Alstom Purchase Of Bombardier Rail, and how the COVID-19 virus could scuttle Translink Plans
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UPDATE: Letters exchanged between Former Premier and Mayor of Abbotsford on Interurban
Last month we published a letter that Former BC Premier Bill Vander Zalm sent to Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun setting
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Rail on the Agenda – News Update!
As the Province’s transportation study of our region unfolds, we will make sure they know that our communities wants Passenger Rail today. It must be top of the agenda.
No more waiting decades for Sky-High promises that don’t deliver.
BC to Host 2020 International Hydrail Conference
South Fraser Community Rail is pleased to announce participation in the upcoming 2020 International Hydrail and Global Sustainability Conference to be held in BC.
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Community Rail Response to TransLink Report on Reviving Interurban Line
Patrick Condon is the James Taylor chair in Landscape and Livable Environments at the University of British Columbia’s School of
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Former Langley Mayor: Wider Highway 1 Wont Fix Traffic Problem
In response to The Progress article titled “Highway 1 widening in Chilliwack”: It is a popular political notion that Highway
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The world’s first hydrogen-powered passenger train became fully operational in Germany this past November.
The trains, named Coradia iLint and manufactured by Alstom, can cover up to 1,000 kilometres (621 miles) with one tank of hydrogen, and can reach a maximum speed of up to 140 kilometres per hour. Though the trains are pricier upfront compared to old diesel engines, hydrogen fuel cells have many advantages over batteries.