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Now, if Ontario Northland were to use Via's on-time performance grace period for their long-distance train (the Northlander), I estimate that Ontario Northland's on-time performance over the past year would be just a tad under 1% (using http://www.ontarionorthland.ca/PassengerRail/newnorthlander/sta...

There's some useful information about crossing between VIA/Windsor and Amtrak/Detroit here (as well as other stuff about a trip from Chicago to Toronto via Windsor.
http://discuss.amtraktrains.com/index.p ... opic=20841

BrianN

Just a one-off for the Thanskgiving weekend, but due to the Ontario Northland bus strike, there will, for the first time in a number of years, be a train operating Toronto-Cochrane and Cochrane-Toronto on Saturday Oct. 6.

http://www.ontarionorthland.ca/PassengerRail/index.html

BrianN

At last some good news...
"Churchill port, rail line to see $68M in improvements"
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story ... ml?ref=rss

BrianN

I don't know how long this has been in place, but Ontario Northland has created a new website for its passenger rail operations: http://www.northlander.ca/

Although the name used is that of the old Northlander site, it covers the company's other passenger rail services too.

BrianN

Ontario Northland has announced that, effective January 15, 2006, there will be slight changes to the Northlander Train schedule (in the Northbound direction only). NORTHBOUND Toronto 8:40 a.m. Washago 10:25 a.m. Gravenhurst 10:50 a.m. Bracebridge 11:05 a.m. Huntsville 11:40 a.m. South River 12:35 p...

ON Rail has introduced an online link to provide information on the status of the Northlander. See the link at:

http://www.northlander.ca/

BrianN

As reported by the North Bay Nugget (7th August): "An 11-year-old Mississauga boy is dead after being struck by a train in Ontario’s cottage country. Police say the boy was with family and friends on a railway bridge in Huntsville prior to the accident Sunday night. The group had apparently bee...

Presumably, since this is something of a speculative venture on the part of ONTC, it does not qualify for the subsidy (sorry, investment!) that the provincial government gives for the operation of the Northlander between North Bay and Cochrane (the federal government provides funds for the portion o...

Ontario Northland has announced a new tourist-oriented passenger excursion service, to operate for a limited number of days between North Bay and Temagami.

http://www.ontc.on.ca/english/01corp/27 ... glish.html

Brian N

I wonder of the new northbound timing (just 5 minutes ahead of the Canadian on its running days), will expedite CN's handling of the Northlander between Toronto and Washago? If so, that should resolve most of the scheduling problems for the ONR...

briann

Ontario Northland has announced a new schedule for the Northlander:

http://www.northlander.ca/newsched.htm

Basically, it means all-daytime running both north- and southbound. (Depart Toronto 08:55, arrive Cochrane 19:25. Depart Cochrane 08:00, arrive Toronto 18:30.)

briann

Nipissing MP Bob Wood, today announced that the Government of Canada, under its commitment to provide reasonable access to the national transportation system for remote communities, has created a one-year contribution program to provide $24.4 million in funding for four remote and regional passenger...

Here's an update on the arrival of the equipment in North Bay:
http://www.baytoday.ca/content/news/details.asp?c=3023

And for the unit that didn't make it...
http://www.baytoday.ca/content/news/details.asp?c=3010