Alto - A high-speed rail network in Canada that will connect Toronto, Peterborough, Ottawa, Montréal, Laval, Trois-Rivières, and Québec City.

It will create a fast, frequent, and reliable rail service that uses mostly dedicated and electrified tracks with stations in Québec City, Trois-Rivières, Laval, Montreal, Ottawa, Peterborough, …

To meet the challenges of passenger rail transportation in the Toronto - Québec City corridor, VIA Rail first proposed the High Frequency Rail (HFR) project to the Government of Canada in 2016. A project that would offer a faster, more frequent, accessible, and sustainable rail service in the most densely region of the country.

Alto was officially announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Montreal on February 19, 2025. It was announced as a revision of the Via HFR project, which was to now be a high-speed rail line from Quebec City to Toronto. [2] Via HFR was renamed Alto, and the federal government chose the design, engineering, construction, financing, operation, and maintenance of the rail network—also named ...

Reimagine passenger rail service on modern, accessible trains with improved operational performance, connecting Toronto, Peterborough, Ottawa, Montréal, Laval, Trois-Rivières and …

2025年2月19日 · VIA HFR, the Crown corporation created in 2022 to oversee what was initially pitched as a “high frequency” rail project, has been renamed Alto. The federal government had asked the three groups...

We are re-imagining the passenger rail service on behalf of the Government of Canada! Our goal is to create a new sustainable train network that will run faster, more often and with greater …

2022年12月15日 · High Frequency Rail will transform passenger rail service in Canada through the creation of a faster, more frequent, accessible, and sustainable rail service among the major centres of Québec City, Trois-Rivières, Montréal, Ottawa, Peterborough, and Toronto.

VIA HFR - VIA TGF Inc. (VIA HFR) was incorporated on November 29, 2022, with a mandate to develop and implement the HFR project with the private sector, in cooperation with the Minister of Transport. VIA HFR is a subsidiary of VIA Rail Canada Inc. but operates at arm’s length from it.

With over 1,000 km of new passenger rail service planned between major city centres including Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City, HFR will help build a better future for Canadians with new trains using electrified technology running on mostly dedicated passenger tracks that will serve Canada’s growing population.