A daytrip to St. Thomas – Canada’s Railway Capital – is finally possible without a car. It’s worth a visit.
I have also updated my Ontario intercity transport map for June 2024.
Category: Ontario
NOTE: Previous versions of the Ontario and Canada maps are retired; please see the new Canada Intercity Transport Map, launched March 30, 2025. This will now be the only interactive map that I will update. Since 2020, I have maintained an interactive map of bus and rail services in Ontario. Without a central repository of […]
On-demand transit is costly to operate, less flexible for prospective passengers, and be frustrating to use, as I recently experience in Durham Region. But as on-demand transit can cover much larger areas than line haul routes, it has its place.
There are now five bus operators between Toronto and London. I tried out the newest operator on the scene and updated my Ontario intercity map.
The renaming of the Hurontario LRT for former Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion violates wayfinding standards, but the decision came direct from the Doug Ford government. The unilateral move is just another example of Metrolinx’s loss of independence.
There were some big intercity transport improvements in 2023, though a few communities lost service. I updated my Ontario map to show these changes.
GO Transit’s new Stouffville Line terminal overlooked one important detail.
Anchored by Sears, Chatham’s downtown mall declined later than other failed urban shopping centres in Ontario, but is now a dead mall. What will be its future?
Peterborough has useful GO bus service, but it’s a slow ride from Toronto. New coach bus competitors offer speed, but not much else. There’s an opportunity to do better here.
I also updated my Ontario Intercity Transit map for September 2023.
A return to the abandoned Orangeville-Brampton Railway, 18 months after the last train left Orangeville
Sean Marshall 