The Good News: Study Supports Passenger Rail Transit South of Fraser. The Bad News: Surrey and North Delta are ignored. A Freedom of Information request filed on October 30th, 2023, initially due by December 12th, 2023, was extended to January 26th, 2024, and then further delayed to March 11th, 2024. Surprisingly, the draft study was …
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Township of Langley endorses South Fraser Community Rail Proposal
Press Release: We are pleased to announce the Township of Langley has taken the significant action of stepping forward and publicly endorsing and fully supporting the reactivation of the existing active Interurban Rail Line with Passenger Rail over 99 Kms between the Pattullo Bridge SkyTrain Station and Chilliwack! The following resolution was supported unanimously and …
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First green hydrogen-powered passenger train in North America coming to Quebec
Full Press Release: 2 February 2023 – Alstom, global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, in partnership with the Government of Quebec, Chemin de fer Charlevoix, Train de Charlevoix, Harnois Énergies and HTEC, has announced a passenger service demonstration project for its Coradia iLint hydrogen-powered train. During summer 2023, the Coradia iLint will carry passengers on the …
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Six Communities Endorse South Fraser Community Rail Project – Research Co.
In the online survey of a representative sample of residents of six provincial communities, 88% of respondents say they support the South Fraser Community Rail project.
NEW Interview Series: “The Rail Choice”
South Fraser Community Rail Society recently premiered a new series on the proposal to bring passenger rail back to the South of Fraser. The 4 part interview series, hosted by chillTV News Director, Don Lehn, examines the veracity of reactivating an existing 100 year old community rail line, with hydrogen powered trains, and features interviews …
Express Buses NOT the answer to Inter-Regional Transit
Tell Translink what we already know: An Express Bus is not the real Inter-regional transit solution.
The Hidden Cost of TransLink
TransLink is once again asking the Provincial Government for more of your public dollars. For what? We break down the costly model and ask the Provincial Government to step in to ensure TransLink spends wisely for the future.
The Truth about Widening Highway #1
While the widening is inevitable, and it will happen over time, it WILL take multiple decades. By the time we are finished, we will be worse off than we are today. That is, unless we initiate an affordable and effective public transit option spanning our region, such as Passenger Rail.
It is time for Interregional Transit South of the Fraser
Reactivating the Interurban Corridor with state-of-the-art Hydrogen Rail CleanBC for the Fraser Valley Airshed; fast to reactivate & very cost effective! It is long past time that our Transit Providers, TransLink, and BC Transit focus on the reality of Post COVID-19, regarding costs, affordable transit expansion solutions, and the practical transit and affordable housing needs South of …
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Important Update – Fundraising request!
To our Rail supporters: Our activity has been low key publicly during COVID-19; however, we have been extremely active on a number of fronts behind the scenes. Your have been receiving our weekly newsletter focusing on on activities and the issues that we feel are important to our supporters and ALL elected politicians, Municipal, Provincial and Federal, …