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Support grows for a revitalized Ontario Northland
Does this mean we can have the Northlander back?
DGC, Detour Gold Corp. is in the final stages of completion of the development of their huge gold mining property north west of Cochrane Ontario,estimated gold reserves of 15 million ounces, a railroad spur off the Moosenee line, would be major start in developing the ring of fire.
Please bring the Northlander back it’s Canada’s friendliest train journey and I miss it.
YES–Is passenger service to Moosonee guaranteed??
YES–Is passenger service to Moosonee guaranteed??
Not sure what sense it makes to put this under a Port authority, just trading one bunch of bureaucrats for another bunch. Sounds to me like a face saving move.
P.S. No, you can’t have the Northlander back! It’s dead and buried. Scrap the equipment. If there is to be a revitalized passenger service it needs new equipment and perhaps an overnight schedule.
Remember this: It is Ontario’s Development Road. Created to foster development in the North. It has seen its ups and downs. This is not the time for the government to abandon it just because times are tough. Better times lie ahead. The future is still in mining just as it always has been. The Ring of Fire has great potential for Ontario.
See Wisconsin southern.
The Northlander is dormant not dead what it needs is infrastructure changes > heavier rail, double tracking or more sidings for passing…
Single lines are a death knell to railways and outdated…
The government needs get off its backside and produce not cave on the north…
All of us could speak volumes all day;
Action today not tomorrow speaks volumes, time for everyone to get off their hands and produce results…
Passenger rail is not dead nor is Freight both are the cleanest form of transportation…
Speak up fellow Ontarians today not tomorrow…
I live in the area affected and the Northlander is a necessary link. If a full train is not economically viable then run a Budd car. But run something. And expand the service. Put on a line from North Bay (or even further down the Ottawa River Valley) to the Soo.
Rail service up here isn’t a luxury and this isn’t the big city. If you’re lucky there might - might, mind you - be a Greyhound route somewhere within fifty miles of you. There is little air service in this part of the world, and if you don’t have a private vehicle you’re stuck. We need this rail service and we need it expanded.