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Huge? Really? Not in comparison to the cost of transportation infrastructure.

Investment in rail lines will pay off for Island

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Somehow, the provincial government can find a half billion dollars to put a new retractable roof on B.C. Place Stadium in downtown Vancouver.

Province must see E&N as an investment

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The decision to suspend passenger service means plans for improvements have also been put on hold, said Bruce

E&N rail service doomed without huge injection of government cash says operators


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One way to help pay for the railway would be to sell bonds for it to all Vancouver Islanders.

Bond sale could raise cash for E&N rail line

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"The $15 million was to fix it up for the Dayliner," Coun. Dave Haywood clarified.

North Cowichan on board with train plea

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What the hell is the problem?

What is the delay getting railroad going?

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After 125 years of continuous service, Vancouver Island’s E&N Railway has reached the end of the line unless senior levels of government step forward

Vancouver Island railway running out of steam

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what it would cost to upgrade the railway and extend it all the way to the north end of the Island.

Rail, not roads, will ease southbound congestion

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Additional trains would however increase noise, dust, diesel-emission pollution and create greater safety hazards for all of us.

Fixing the E&N a waste of money

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Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom says the province doesn't have $7.5 million "lying around" for the Esquimalt and Nanaimo railway.

No money for E&N, lots for Lower Mainland

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he interests of our shared future and acquired the line, seeing a legacy of prosperous,

Malahat disaster makes train a no-brainer

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Commuter rail? Not enough capacity to make a difference, and way too expensive.

Jack Knox: Interchange, Johnson Street Bridge, Malahat ... We're still going nowhere fast on transportation


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the railway will no longer be a viable mode of transportation.

Freight service in jeopardy for E&N

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Bruce fears Island train service could be history.

Sunset here for the Dayliner?

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  Tags e&n track work dayliner stoped shutdown

The iconic Esquimalt & Nanaimo Dayliner is parked indefinitely. Read more: http://www.timescolonist.com/Island+Dayliner+train+parked+indefinitely+track+problems/4573834/story.html#ixzz1IuVfzFrU

Island's Dayliner train parked indefinitely due to track problems


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$15-million investment would secure infrastructure, Via service

Comment: Act now to save Island's railway future


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closed to trains last month because of corrosion on key structural supports,

Keep rail bridge shut to all traffic, report urges

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The iconic Esquimalt & Nanaimo Dayliner is parked indefinitely.

Island's Dayliner train parked indefinitely due to track problems



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New information about the condition of the rail bridge spanning the Inner Harbour may speed up its inevitable closure.

Rail bridge structurally unstable: report

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closed the Johnson Street bridge to rail traffic after engineers discovered corrosion damage to key structural supports during a recent inspection

Corrosion damage closes rail section of Johnson Street bridge



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