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The seven cities on Canada's planned Alto high-speed rail corridor
Transport Canada identified seven cities for the proposed Toronto to Québec City high-speed rail service. Alto intends to build the central segment first, with stops in Ottawa, Laval and Montréal.
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Natural Earth land outlines and dashed land boundaries.
Select a city pin or use the table. Locations are representative city points.
The central segment is intended to open the construction sequence
Alto lists Ottawa, Laval and Montréal for the first segment. The western part would extend service from Ottawa towards Peterborough and Toronto, and the eastern part from Montréal towards Trois-Rivières and Québec City. The map displays the seven named cities using official geographic records. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 Source 4
Construction is planned in phases
Alto gives 2029 to 2030 as the expected start window for the central segment. It says the eastern and western segments would start simultaneously before the central segment is complete, with dates for those segments still to be confirmed. Source 2
The corridor study comes before an exact alignment
Alto says it is refining the central corridor after public consultation and a review of engineering, environmental, social and financial considerations. Its field studies cover watercourses, ecology, soils and other conditions. That work informs assessment and the eventual station and track design. Source 3 Source 2
The seven pins show service geography
The project is intended to use mostly dedicated, electrified tracks. Each pin uses a representative city coordinate, with a Canadian Geographical Names Database record ID for verification. The table places the named stops in their project context without tracing the future line. Source 1 Source 4 Source 2