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can we move the conversation from improvements to REPLACEMENT? im not sure why we have to continually scrape more seconds out of a 70...

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

While agree it would be nice, I don't think there is anything in the tea leaves that indicates the government is willing to expand VIA...

Total ridership (on/off) for the year was 6,964. Source: VIA Rail https://northerntracks.blog/the-sudbury-white-river-train/ I still...

One thing that jumped out at me in your blog was the number of passengers impacted by the White River-Sudbury cancellation. Forty-four...

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

Can I get in on those odds too?

The Barrie to Orillia segment is gone, period. Sad, but true. Any dream of restoring it is patently futile. Nice fantasy, but not gonna...

If only...

I've said this before. Restoring any passenger service between SSM and Sudbury or SSM and Hearst is not going to be as straightforward...

Not to mention the capital costs to bring the SSM to Sudbury stretch up to a reasonable standard. The advantage that Northlander has is...

The economics of the Northlander remain to be seen - but at least the ONR has some freight traffic to share/offset the fixed costs of...

The province's media relations department botched the announcement of the ticket fares. The ONR's website has a much better explanation...

Toronto to North Bay is about 350KM from Toronto. At todays gas prices round trip in a typical car is $80-100. But there is wear and...

https://www.ontarionorthland.ca/en/northlander/northlander-fares Here is the northland website information about the fares, they don’t...