The founder of the Northern Tracks blog, Éric Boutilier, shares his thoughts on the politics of rail travel in Northern Ontario
The familiar sound of a passenger train can once again be heard in areas of Northern Ontario that are served by VIA Rail Canada. The Crown corporation officially restored passenger rail services to pre-pandemic levels after more than two years of on-again, off-again, limited or indefinitely suspended train schedules.
While Dryden and Kenora are within a half-hour’s drive from their closest respective stops, there's no public transportation available to and from. It’s impractical and potentially unsafe to wait for the Canadian’s arrival outside, in front of a sign post in a wooded area, during the middle of the night.
Northerners have grown tired of repeated excuses and lip service. VIA and the government can surely do better than this.The Canadian's on-time performance over the last decade has diminished at an alarming rate. It went from operating reliably 84 per cent of the time, to as low as eight per cent in 2017.
How many times has the spokesperson driven through Northern Ontario in the dead of winter only to find that the lone highway that connects both ends of the country is closed due to an accident or a jackknifed transport truck?
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