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Infrastructure Intercity Rail Ontario Transit Travels

The end of the line at Porcupine

Work has started on the new Timmins terminal for the Northlander train.

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Development Infrastructure Ontario Transit Urban Planning

Buses to the big box

Transit operators in Ontario generally do a much better job than American counterparts at serving large retailers like Walmart. Still, big box retail centres are hostile environments for transit and pedestrian access.

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Infrastructure Intercity Rail Ontario

The train is returning to Timmins (sort of)

Northeastern Ontario got an early Christmas gift from the provincial government on December 15, 2022. On that day, the province announced the purchase of three new trainsets for the restoration of passenger rail service to North Bay, Timmins, and points in between. Prior to 1990, there were two daily trains between Toronto and Northeastern Ontario: […]