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Via Rail would eventually send trains through Barrhaven at the rate of two per hour in its proposition to establish a high-frequency service between Ontario and Quebec.

The projections are included in the study on removing level train crossings at five locations in Barrhaven.

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Via has a $4-billion proposal to upgrade its service in the Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal-Quebec City corridor. In the Ottawa leg, Via wants to use existing or discontinued rights of way. The Via-owned track goes through Barrhaven.

It’s unknown if Via would operate a high-frequency service through Ottawa without having grade-separated crossings completed in the southern suburb.

“Via Rail submitted the high frequency rail project to the government for consideration and it’s currently under study. As such, it will be premature to answer your question,” Via spokeswoman Miriam Diaby said in an email.

The crossings at Woodroffe Avenue, the adjacent southwest Transitway and Merivale Road each see 26 trains daily and all but one are passenger trains, the study says. The Fallowfield Road and Jockvale Road crossings see 19 trains daily, and again all but one are passenger trains.