When you arrive in Jasper via rail, you see a quaint downtown on one side, and stunning mountain scenery on the other. With shops and restaurants right across the street, there’s an immediate connection to the town.

When you arrive in Edmonton via rail, you see mountains of dirt, where the Blatchford neighbourhood might be someday. There is one solitary track, and VIA trains have to go through the CN rail yard and then back slowly into the passenger station. There’s no transit service to the depot. If you can find a major city with a more awful passenger rail station than Edmonton’s, you truly are a traveller with a glutton for punishment.

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So, if Jasper municipal officials get their wish, and a regular Jasper-Edmonton rail link becomes a priority for the provincial go

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