The idea of returning passenger trains to Ottawa’s beautiful downtown Union Station is very attractive. However, the current VIA station offers several key advantages for Alto that the old terminal can not match.
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Some progress and some disappointing losses in Canada’s intercity transportation links in 2025.
As we enter Spring 2025, there are a few significant changes in Ontario’s intercity transportation services. A new daily GO Transit route will now connect Six Nations and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation with Brantford, Hamilton, and Greater Toronto. A new seasonal Waterloo-Burlington weekend express could foreshadow more direct service between Kitchener/Waterloo and […]
Toronto can, and should, do better than the ugly and intrusive new barriers that are being installed around Union Station.
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Praise for the vernacular relics
An early tower of power has been thoughtfully preserved in Hamilton, a small, but important reminder of the city’s industrial history.
New elevator directory signage is a notable improvement, but there’s far more to be done to make Union Station an easy place to navigate.
Union Station remains very difficult to get around using a mobility device, especially when traveling between UP Express and the TTC Subway.
New changes for October 2024 included improved service on Vancouver Island, new routes in Alberta, BC, and Quebec, and even more competition between Edmonton and Calgary.
Southern Ontario Transit provides a critical link between Hamilton and Haldimand County, but without community support, it might not last.
Also, some updates to my Ontario Intercity Transport Map.
Years of demolition by neglect has led to a sudden closure of a once-great institution.
Sean Marshall 