@taras-grescoe.com
Author of Straphanger. Next book: riding every passenger train in Canada (House of Anansi) 🚆
Words: NatGeo, NYT, Globe and Mail
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@taras-grescoe.comReposted by @taras-grescoe.com...in this week's HIGH SPEED dispatch:
@taras-grescoe.comReposted by @taras-grescoe.com"Our job is to laser focus on being ready to deliver this project on time."
—chair of Alto, responding to election of Parti Québécois, who won't support Canada's 1st high-speed rail line.
My take here 👇🧵
@taras-grescoe.comReposted by @taras-grescoe.com“Headways for high-speed trains at Guangzhou South Railway Station peaked at 40 seconds on Oct. 1st — meaning that every 2 minutes, 3 new trains arrived to pick up passengers.”
#China runs inter-city trains at frequencies achieved only by most advanced automated metros
@taras-grescoe.com“Headways for high-speed trains at Guangzhou South Railway Station peaked at 40 seconds on Oct. 1st — meaning that every 2 minutes, 3 new trains arrived to pick up passengers.”
#China runs inter-city trains at frequencies achieved only by most advanced automated metros
@jrurbanenetwork.bsky.socialReposted by @taras-grescoe.comI laugh when people say Chinese HSR stations are overbuilt. They are now the busiest intercity rail stations in the world.
@taras-grescoe.comCanada's Via Rail: 4.3 million...in a year. (And 2025 was a good year.)
@taras-grescoe.com...in this week's HIGH SPEED dispatch:
@taras-grescoe.com"Our job is to laser focus on being ready to deliver this project on time."
—chair of Alto, responding to election of Parti Québécois, who won't support Canada's 1st high-speed rail line.
My take here 👇🧵
@brenttoderian.bsky.socialReposted by @taras-grescoe.comIt would be insane for the new Quebec government to oppose “North America’s 1st true high speed rail line.” It represents a huge strategic advantage for the province, both economically & from a quality of life perspective. It’s also a big move in sustainable nation-building. Read Taras’ post below.
@onewingedsparrow.bsky.socialReposted by @taras-grescoe.comOMG! I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DESCRIBE THAT FIRST PIC AND IT'S JUST HIT ME! That is EXACTLY what would happen if Ultron took over a Disney princess animatronic for his "no strings" speech!
@taras-grescoe.comA sequel to the Patterns of Force Star Trek episode.
@taras-grescoe.comThe Stepford MAGAs. It's the year 2026. In America, women have been replaced by robots so leading Republicans can sleep on the job.
@taras-grescoe.comI was hoping he was the kid...cheeky little chappie, that one.
@taras-grescoe.comThat's pretty cool! Where is he in the photo?
@taras-grescoe.comTo celebrate Godzilla Day (Nov. 3), Tokyo Metro has announced it's making "Godzilla's Theme," from the 1954 movie, the official jingle of Hibiya Station.
(Stations have their own distinctive songs, played on the platform when trains depart.)
@taras-grescoe.comReposted by @taras-grescoe.comSo here's my ask: if 100 readers become paid subscribers to my newsletter, High Speed, I figure I can get to the end of steel.
Details here 👇
@taras-grescoe.comReposted by @taras-grescoe.comStill ahead: the Tshiuetin to Schefferville, Via Rail's train from Winnipeg to Churchill, the Algoma Central out of Sault Ste. Marie, and more. But my book advance barely covers two months of living expenses. And this is an awfully big country…
@taras-grescoe.comReposted by @taras-grescoe.comWhy do it? I'm writing a book for House of Anansi, tentatively subtitled "Twelve Trains that Explain Canada." The more I ride, the more I see how railways shaped this country: its frontiers, its art, its character, and lately, the survival of remote First Nations communities.
@taras-grescoe.comReposted by @taras-grescoe.comThis year I pledged to ride every passenger train in Canada, from the White Pass & Yukon out of Carcross to The Ocean, calling at Halifax. I'm about 60% of the way there! But the research money is about to run out. A thread on how you can help me reach the end of steel 🧵🚆
@taras-grescoe.comBreaking up Canada, by encouraging Alberta and Quebec to separate, is exactly what the worst people around—Trump and Musk—want.
An old routine: divide and conquer.
No way we're playing their game.
