There is currently a survey on the Coalition for Algoma Passenger trains pertaining to a passenger rail service between Sault Ste Marie (ON), Sudbury & North Bay.
http://www.captrains.com/
My question pertains to the lack of service in this area. There is currently no connecting passenger rail service between Montréal, Ottawa, North Bay, Sudbury & Sault Ste Marie. There is a line owned by the Canadian Pacific (operated by Ottawa Valley Railway between Pembroke, North Bay & Sudbury; Huron Central between Sudbury & the Soo). While the future of this line is uncertain; the infrastructure is place that a passenger service could operate successfully along this stretch. I find it perplexing that there is a service between White River, Chapleau & Sudbury, (with a combined population of around 165000) yet none between the three largest cities in Northeastern Ontario & the Nation's Capital...
On the topic of the White River service, why doesn't this train service communities up to Thunder Bay? This would be like having the ONR's Northlander servicing communities all the way to Southern Ontario (and rather than concluding the service in Toronto - the largest city in the region - as it does currently), concluding the service short at Washago (a community of about a couple hundred). Thunder Bay is the largest community in Northwestern Ontario (roughly 125000 people), and the Budd Car service stops short in White River (4-5 hours to the East) with a population of less than a 1000.
http://www.captrains.com/
My question pertains to the lack of service in this area. There is currently no connecting passenger rail service between Montréal, Ottawa, North Bay, Sudbury & Sault Ste Marie. There is a line owned by the Canadian Pacific (operated by Ottawa Valley Railway between Pembroke, North Bay & Sudbury; Huron Central between Sudbury & the Soo). While the future of this line is uncertain; the infrastructure is place that a passenger service could operate successfully along this stretch. I find it perplexing that there is a service between White River, Chapleau & Sudbury, (with a combined population of around 165000) yet none between the three largest cities in Northeastern Ontario & the Nation's Capital...
On the topic of the White River service, why doesn't this train service communities up to Thunder Bay? This would be like having the ONR's Northlander servicing communities all the way to Southern Ontario (and rather than concluding the service in Toronto - the largest city in the region - as it does currently), concluding the service short at Washago (a community of about a couple hundred). Thunder Bay is the largest community in Northwestern Ontario (roughly 125000 people), and the Budd Car service stops short in White River (4-5 hours to the East) with a population of less than a 1000.
La CTON n'est PAS à vendre! ~ The ONTC is NOT for sale!
Une nouvelle province au Canada: le nord de l'Ontario.
A new province in Canada: Northern Ontario
Une nouvelle province au Canada: le nord de l'Ontario.
A new province in Canada: Northern Ontario