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I'm pretty sure it's illegal to have a brick within a mile of a train station. Glass, aluminum, and concrete only.

Couldn't come a minute sooner.

Insufferable KW tech bro has an opinion on twitter. Big news. What's with the crusade against trains, man? It feels a bit unhinged. This guy clearly can't get out of the mind space of "train = infrequent and expensive, bus = frequent and cheap". If there was the rapid transit-style service he...

The decorative brickwork here is fantastic.

As a Kitchener resident, I really like this project and wish our own rail trail had something like it. There was supposed to be enhanced historical signage as part of a general overhaul in 2019, but instead the city just demolished one of the only surviving pieces of heritage (a short creek...

I don't blame the Cornwall council for this, though I'm a bit surprised by the aggressiveness of their language. Lots of smaller Ontario cities are having demographic and relevance anxieties and they know that if they want a younger population they need good connections to cities like Toronto or...

Honestly I'll believe it when it's been running for a few years and hasn't been stripped back to a token parliamentary train like the Canadian that runs only a couple of times a week but serves as an expensive wedge against the people demanding reinstatement.

Has Via ever given any indication of what "regional hub" might mean for a place like Kingston?

Yeah, I think I worded it a bit poorly. Realistically these industries will keep using rail, but Algoma Steel at least has had its share of troubles. Especially with resource-based industries the way they are, it's hard to make any solid predictions for the next 15-20 years, and in the meantime...

I'm being pessimistic here, but something tells me the ball will eventually get dropped on the HCRY and it'll be abandoned, maybe once G&W loses one or two more freight customers. I couldn't imagine being a freight customer at this point with the constant wavering. Nowadays we rarely see anyone...

No surprises here. https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/breaking-genesee-wyoming-to-continue-operating-huron-central-railway-3812969

Ironically, the lack of a ROW having a lot to do with the ex CN ROW being handed to developers under Fedeli as mayor.

I think I see what you're getting at and I'm inclined to agree. North Bay is a transfer point for east and west traffic, and a lot of trip patterns between North Bay and further north will look different. I'd expect to see shorter trips, a smaller ridership pool, and more frequent repeat...

You're an optimist, but here's to hoping. Personally I think it might be something like an increase to motor coach service - would make the province seem more responsive to the collapse of Greyhound and also offer a cheap substitute for actual Northlander restoration that could be brought up as...

And this is exactly the problem with private, for-profit transit services: they concentrate on competing over a handful of high-demand routings, where there are often already plenty of options, but neglect routes which have few options. Much like in the American Northeast, the only real market...

Different people have different opinions. Personally I am on the side that we need to restore passenger service on as many lines as possible throughout Canada, because we run the risk of boxing ourselves into a corner in some cases by building up bus services. I also oppose highway expansion in...

Yeah, why is that? It's almost like Sault Ste. Marie should have rail service, not that Gaspe shouldn't. This kind of thinking is a race to the bottom.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/opinion/article-without-greyhound-buses-small-town-residents-are-losing-a-lifeline/ Rural transit service is a human rights and First Nations issue the federal government needs to address.

I think this would go a long way to splitting up and defusing opposition. These residential areas really shouldn't have high traffic, and level crossings on a mainline are not great for present or future. It would leave the only opposition as people who specifically want a vehicular crossing...

Nothing between London and Toronto it seems.