https://www.saultstar.com/news/highway-17-rehabilitation-project-brings-53-million-investment-to-algoma The article is about more than just passenger rail, but I thought I would share an excerpt that would interest this discussion group.

https://www.northernontariobusiness.com/press-release/explorers-edge-welcomes-flixbus-to-muskoka-and-ontarios-great-canadian-wilderness-12380456

I agree with your last point. It is an odd decision to terminate the train at Oba Lake (not to be confused with Oba the settlement). I've often thought this would be an opportunity to reinvent the service. Aside from going westward at Franz though (to places along the North Shore of Lake...

If I had to guess why Watco purchased the ACR, it was for the potential traffic that would be generated from the Ring of Fire. Sault-Ste-Marie was selected as the host site for the smelter. But there is documented resistance to the project. Just a hunch, but I suspect Timmins isn't out of the...

I have been unsuccessful at getting more detailed annual passenger on/off counts from Transport Canada on this route. Here is the data I have for the former Algoma Central passenger service : https://northerntracks.blog/agawa-canyon-train/ The service was funded by Transport Canada to the...

What's needed is a business case report for this specific corridor, similar to the one produced to the one for the Northlander. The challenges that hinder travel for residents North of North Bay, are very similar for those who travel to and from Thunder Bay (within Northern Ontario). Thunder...

That's just it though. Brock Township / Durham Region sent a letter petitioning for a station to the then Minister of Transportation dated April 2023 (many months before the public consultations took place in September, October and November of that year). The complaints raised by the community/...

https://northerntracks.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/beaverton-station-feasibility-study_beaverton-council-final.pdf You can find it here. I received it a while back.

I'm curious how things are going to work in Washago. Are ONR/VIA passengers going to share the new shelter? Will VIA maintain its existing facility there, alongside the ONR's? Will the update screens at Washago include the Canadian?

Sudbury East-Manitoulin-Nickel Belt MP, Jim Bélanger talks about the Sudbury-White River train, and extension to Thunder Bay and North Bay.

https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/belanger-advocating-for-via-rail-budd-car-improvements-12134211

Total ridership (on/off) for the year was 6,964. Source: VIA Rail https://northerntracks.blog/the-sudbury-white-river-train/ I still believe this train needs to be extended West to Thunder Bay. There is more of a market to generate year round ridership with the addition of Marathon, Terrace...

https://northerntracks.blog/2026/04/11/trust-in-trains-government-institutions-requires-public-oversight/

Can I get in on those odds too?

If only...