Life on the Rails

[viper37]

And future NHL players. 

Easy turnaround spot for players that miss their stop at Montreal?

[Savonarola]

I know what he means, but I'm trying to remember if there was another technical reason why they couldn't achieve more than 120-140km/h.

Got it:
Speed limit is 95mph for passenger trains:
https://tc.canada.ca/en/rail-transportation/rules/2021-2022/2021-2022/part-ii-track-safety-rules


But my experience has been that they don't reach that speed, since they stop in a lot of villages along the way.

Thanks, Metrolinx has told us 200 Kmph; so they may be planning (hoping?) for changes.  Part of the reason that the numbers are lower is that today no one in Canada uses Automatic Train Control / Automatic Train Protection.  In the United States on standard track with an ATC/ATP we can go 119 MPH (190 KMPH) on standard freight track.  In the Northeast corridor they go around 210 Kmph, but they have an enhanced track.

Go Trains already run at 95 Mph.

[crazy canuck]

I know what he means, but I'm trying to remember if there was another technical reason why they couldn't achieve more than 120-140km/h.

Got it:
Speed limit is 95mph for passenger trains:
https://tc.canada.ca/en/rail-transportation/rules/2021-2022/2021-2022/part-ii-track-safety-rules


But my experience has been that they don't reach that speed, since they stop in a lot of villages along the way.

Thanks, Metrolinx has told us 200 Kmph; so they may be planning (hoping?) for changes.  Part of the reason that the numbers are lower is that today no one in Canada uses Automatic Train Control / Automatic Train Protection.  In the United States on standard track with an ATC/ATP we can go 119 MPH (190 KMPH) on standard freight track.  In the Northeast corridor they go around 210 Kmph, but they have an enhanced track.

Go Trains already run at 95 Mph.

The link Viper gave you only went up to class 5.  There is a class 6 track that goes up to 200 kph, but I am not sure how much of that actually exists.