Rapid Transit On E&N in Victoria
In 1996 a BC Transit report, listed an end to end travel time of 19 minutes, would require, renewing the track and enhancing road crossing, to travel 13.3 km (8.3 miles) to arrive over the bridge into downtown Victoria from Station St. Langford. The travel time was 24 minutes, using the existing track, including stops, and restricting the speed to 25kph (16 mph) due to the condition of the railway and street crossings.
In 2008 a report, by the BC Ministry of Transportation, has the travel time at 36 minutes, using the existing track, and having a train traveling a further distance of 17.2 km (10.7 mi) from West Langford. This includes six stops and stopping at each station for half a minute. The speed varies from 8 to 65 kph (5 to 40 mph).
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