I’m going to make an end-of-year update to my Canada intercity transportation map by the end of November. Let me know what bus and rail services I’m missing or changes I should be aware of. It’s a big country and I’ll probably miss something. seanmarshall.ca/transport-map/

VIA Rail will be hosting an event in Vancouver to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the "Canadian" train service. It's free but registration is required. corpo.viarail.ca/en/event/van...

Excellent local initiative to support tourism and passenger rail in northern Manitoba. 👏 www.trains.com/trn/railroad...

65 or over? Get 20% off train travel in the Québec City–Windsor corridor until December 11, 2025. See VIA Rail site for promo code and terms, must book five days in advance. (We prefer affordable fares every day, but this is a good offer.) www.viarail.ca/en/offers/se...

A number of Metrolinx track projects that were deferred to keep trains moving during the Blue Jays Word Series run will be taking place over the next few weeks, in addition to already planned upgrade projects. Check the VIA Rail site for schedule modification details: www.viarail.ca/en/plan/plan...

Book your Christmas holiday travel now, because with Canada's limited network of train and bus services seats will fill up quickly. If you're traveling with children, the Canada Strong Pass is back, giving them free rail travel, plus 25% discounts for youth 18-24. chatelaine.com/living/via-r...

Train stations are a link with our past as well as the present day, so its important to maintain these historic buildings at the same time as carefully adding modern accessibility features. www.standard-freeholder.com/news/alexand...

Ces licenciements sont inacceptables ! Le Québec et le Canada doivent financer les transports en commun. Les alternatives sont la congestion routière et l’exclusion sociale, deux conséquences plus coûteuses pour les contribuables et qui nuisent au niveau de vie. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/220...

The Mount Denis station is opening, but Crosstown LRT won't be ready to receive connecting passengers. toronto.citynews.ca/2025/10/23/m...

Dedicated lanes could soon be speeding up trips for Saskatoon bus passengers: 😀 👏 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Here's an example of how a transit system can miss the mark by ending service too early in the evening. Students, shift workers, and people enjoying a night out all need to get home later in the evening: www.theargus.ca/current-issu...

Canada needs to move swiftly to introduce Enhanced Train Control. As well as providing necessary safety improvements, it could also have capacity benefits. www.transportaction.ca/topics/inter...

Updating heritage stations is a lot of work, to provide accessible and modern facilities while protecting history, but it is well worth it. www.notllocal.com/local-news/h...

Brockville needs more service not less, including a train to Montreal before 3pm! Growing ridership between intermediate cities is crucial to the long term future of VIA Rail corridor services once Alto HSR starts serving end-to-end trips. www.recorder.ca/news/embarra...

The Transportation Safety Board shouldn't have to make a video like this to get something done about Enhanced Train Control in Canada. After years of consultations, we expect new regulations in early 2026, and we demand a rapid rollout of ETC. youtu.be/pMHf1gmoQxQ

Proper compensation for passengers is good, but the underlying issue with CN's grade crossings still needs to be resolved, and we urge the federal government to expedite this. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Good news for Toronto commuters: toronto.citynews.ca/2025/10/09/t...

VIA Rail's big fall sale is on: Up to 30% off trips on the Ocean and the Canadian from January to March. The train is a great way to cross Canada in winter, chatting with other passengers in the cosy Park car while watching the snowy landscape roll by! www.viarail.ca/en/offers/bl...

This evening Transport Action met with the Alto High Speed Rail team in Toronto, with members from BC to Nova Scotia also joining online. We appreciate Alto's willingness to engage with us and enjoyed a candid discussion ranging from community impacts to systems engineering.

Like any major city, St. John’s needs its transit network to keep up, and enable more people to move with less traffic congestion: theindependent.ca/commentary/m...

This kind of public input gathering is good, but revealed preferences are more reliable than survey responses. We must also look to see where people are going but choosing not to use transit bus networks. www.sasktoday.ca/saskatoon-to...

Extending the transfer window is a helpful improvement, but getting across a city by transit shouldn't take hours! #transit #bus #publictransit #winnipeg winnipeg.citynews.ca/2025/10/02/w...

Lakeshore West GO track work DEFERRED for Blue Jays playoffs this weekend (Oct. 4-5). Apparently last weekend was a disaster. www.gotransit.com/en/service-u...

Niagara GO trains will call at Confederation from October 27th onwards, and some services to West Harbour will also be extended. www.chch.com/chch-news/on...

Eglinton Crosstown will begin its revenue service demonstration this week, hot on the heels of Finch West. If no major issues are found, both lines could be in service before the end of the year. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

We are pleased to see this pilot project paused. Hopefully this gives time for a rethink so that services to lakeshore communities are maintained and enhanced, as promised by the "Kingston Hub" strategy for the future of lakeshore service alongside HFR/Alto. www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...

Register Now for the #Guelph Transportation Summit on October 18th! Find out who is speaking at taaguelph.com/summit

Every major city should be investing in support services like this for people in crisis:

This is a welcome development: www.progressiverailroading.com/safety/news/...

🚶🚲🚌🦼 Over 30% of King County residents don’t drive—and yet most of our transportation system is built for those who do. That’s why the King County Council has proclaimed Sept. 30-Oct 5 the Week Without Driving—to better understand and address these challenges. #WeekWithoutDriving

This announcement didn't receive a lot of media coverage, but its a few million dollars very well spent to improve transit and access to opportunities for rural Canadians. #alberta #abpoli prairie.transportaction.ca/news/transit...

In this video, we cover the Canadian Urban Transit Association’s call for long-term federal investment in transit and highlight what underfunding looks like on the ground in Ottawa, Montreal, and Toronto. youtu.be/UKvP_-Br8Iw

Excellent article on the costs of cutting transit funding. The correct approach to bridging the rural-urban divide is to provide public transport for all communities, so nobody is left behind. Canada's Rural Transit Solutions Fund is a step in the right direction. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

While we welcome faster services, we are concerned by the very short notice given for this schedule change and by the absence of adjustments to rest of the schedule to maintain adequate service to intermediate towns and cities between Toronto and Montreal. www.transportaction.ca/topics/inter...

Transit Matters Charlottetown ( @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social ) is challenging residents and politicians to consider a Week Without Driving to highlight gaps in PEI's transit system: www.saltwire.com/newfoundland...

The race is on: Toronto's Finch West LRT could open before Ottawa's Confederation Line east extension, which is also progressing through integration testing. It's great to see these transit infrastructure investments coming to fruition. globalnews.ca/news/1143060...

Well done Ontario Northland! We would like to see many more investments like this, with federal funding to relieve rail bottlenecks across the country. www.timminstoday.com/local-news/5...

This is Rail Safety Week... remember the only time you should get a view like this is when you are onboard the train, otherwise please stay off the tracks and obey crossing signals so that everyone can get home safe. For more information and safety teaching resources see: www.operationlifesaver.ca

GO Transit, Ontario Northland, and Flixbus all drive into a bus station... The joke is on us, because only one service is tax-free, even to the same destination. It's time to make fares fair for rural Canadians too. www.transportaction.ca/topics/inter...

Canada has some catching up to do with Germany and other peer countries and trading partners who have built thousands of miles of high speed rail, so we're pleased that our government is finally making investment in passenger rail infrastructure a priority. www.transportaction.ca/topics/inter...

This new sense of urgency is welcome and something we've been asking for. Commitment must now be turned into action, using part of the $3.9B committed to deliver tangible results for passengers in parallel with the co-development phase. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Canada should restore daily train service across the country so cities like Portage do not become just places you fly over. portageonline.com/articles/por...

Our railways need to move more freight and more people, safely and faster. In our submission for budget 2025 we call for a Strategic Rail Infrastructure Fund to close the gap between purely commercial projects and protecting Canada's national interest. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...

This would be a big win for TTC passengers. No need to worry about buying a pass, no cashflow and affordability issues, just ride—and the more you ride the more you save!

It would be interesting to have a similar option in North America for regional and commuter rail projects. In many places the track is in place and capacity exists, but procuring modern and standards-compliant equipment puts project delivery far over the horizon of the electoral cycle.

The long awaited Acela 2.0 trains are now in service in the USA, but crucial infrastructure projects to unleash their full capabilities are lagging behind. Sounds like a familiar problem.

“Efficiencies” don’t balance the books: they erode services and trust in our governments, institutions and organizations. My first (!!!) op-ed in the Ottawa Citizen: Why respect for taxpayers must mean real investment in transit, housing, and climate resilience. ottawacitizen.com/opinion/taxp...

Rural communities in Alberta exploring public transit options: www.lakelandtoday.ca/st-paul-news...

The suggestion of adding early-morning train service to Ottawa airport is really important. Many westbound flights leave Ottawa early in the morning, and check-in times are even earlier.

High transit ridership is diverse ridership -- diverse in every dimension: wealth, trip purpose, physical ability, gender, language, nationality, race ... Always push back on cultural stereotypes about "who rides public transit." Plan as though everyone counts.