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In May 2021, the provincial government announced plans for Ontario Northland and Metrolinx to resume rail operations between Toronto and northeastern Ontario with a 13-stop route to begin service by the mid-2020s. The route would provide service from Toronto to Timmins or Cochrane and would be available between four and seven days a week, based ...
The NS&T was created in 1899 when a previous railway, the St. Catharines and Niagara Central Railway, was reorganized. The new railway was originally under U.S. ownership but was sold to a Toronto group in 1904. The initial layout was about 32 km. This was mainly between St. Catharines, Thorold, and Port Dalhousie.
The Ontario Northland Railway (reporting mark ONT) is a Canadian railway operated by the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, a provincial Crown agency of the government of Ontario. Originally built to develop the Lake Timiskaming and Lake Nipissing areas, the railway soon became a major factor in the economic growth of the province.
Ottawa Central Railway: Ontario and Ottawa Railway: CNor: 1910 1914 Canadian Northern Railway: Ontario Pacific Railway: NYC: 1882 1897 Ottawa and New York Railway: Ontario and Quebec Railway: CP: 1871 1998 St. Lawrence and Hudson Railway: Ontario and Rainy River Railway: CNor: 1886 1900 Canadian Northern Railway: Ontario, Simcoe and Huron ...
Railway construction and operation in the area preceded the Lake Erie and Northern by over fifty years. The railway boom in Canada West (the administrative predecessor to the province of Ontario) from the 1850s onward resulted in a number of east–west lines owned by competing companies: the Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) and Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) lines through Galt (which became a major ...
CGR 50-ton coal car, former Intercolonial Railway (faded paint can be seen).. Canadian Government Railways (reporting marks CGR, IRC) [1] was the legal name used between 1915–1918 for all federal government-owned railways in Canada.
Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway: Northeastern Ontario: 1902–1946: Renamed to ONR. Tillsonburg Lake Erie and Pacific Railway: Southwestern Ontario: 1896-1958: Acquired by CPR in 1904 and entity ceased to exist by 1958. Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway: South-west Ontario: 1871–1883: Acquired by O&Q. Toronto and Nipissing Railway ...
Ontario Northland Railway operates a passenger service between Cochrane and Moosonee making use of a fleet with heritage value. Via Rail Canada operates equipment dating back as far as 1947 [ 4 ] on all its routes, notably featuring Park cars built by Canadian Pacific Railway on The Canadian , The Ocean , the Jasper-Prince Rupert train , and ...