Rail Connects wants to get you excited about rail based public transit.

With involvement from people like you, we’re developing a concept of what province-wide Rail Rapid Transit might look like.

Let’s plan for change!

Our Board of Directors

Nova Scotia is experiencing growth at a rate not seen in many generations. To embrace that growth, and the prosperity it implies, we need to keep our new neighbours, and help them thrive. Time after time we have lost newcomers to “greener pastures” elsewhere. We don’t have much time. New infrastructure is needed that helps direct growth and addresses changing environmental and economic realities. Simply relying on more roads and cars will not be enough!

This could be transformational: it will enable sustainable growth, positively impact the health of Nova Scotians, improve housing affordability, provide economic benefits throughout the province, and be key to meeting Nova Scotia’s climate change goals.

We need rail and we need it now!

We’ve been listening, and we know a lot people already think rail is a good thing. But beyond laying rails, a lot of thinking is needed. With you, we want to explore and imagine, in many communities around the province, designs and strategies to harvest the benefits of light rail stations, with transit-oriented development, local transportation to and from the train (the last mile) and the operation of feeder systems, to demonstrate the difference that public transit can make to the lives of Nova Scotians.