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Same photo, but an article written by the Kenora Miner and News.

For what it's worth...

Pour les francophones:

Les gouvernements devraient-ils rétablir le service ferroviaire de passagers d’Algoma?
https://northerntracks.blog/2026/08/08/les-gouvernements-devraient-ils-retablir-le-service-ferroviaire-de-passagers-dalgoma/

https://cimtchau.ca/nouvelles/retour-partiel-du-train-de-passagers-prevu-dici-le-printemps-2028/

Pas l'habitude de publier quelque chose du Québec, mais voici une bonne nouvelle concernant le train de Gaspé. Retour partiel entre Québec et New Carlisle par le printemps 2028. Service aller-retour deux fois par semaine.

Article (en français) says service will be restored between Quebec City and New Carlisle by spring 2028. Twice weekly same day return service with possiblity of additional run.

Train 185 is delayed 8 hours (June 25, 2026) and appears stuck between Missanabie and Lochalsh since around 15:00 this afternoon. Any idea what's behind the delay?

Not necessarily VIA related, but it potentially ties into where a restored Sault-Ste-Marie-Hearst passenger train would operate from. Rail connections to the Sudbury-White River train and the Canadian were made possible (at least in theory) at Franz and Oba.

The article is about more than just passenger rail, but I thought I would share an excerpt that would interest this Reddit community.

>Sarkara agreed that passenger rail is also vital to Northern Ontario, and while the first portion of the Northlander is now operational, work is continuing to partner with the Northlander to determine where more opportunities exist and what tracks exist, he said.  

>He blamed the NDP for choosing not to support the Northlander in 2012, one of the reasons why that project was cancelled, he said.  

>“We are bringing that back because we appreciate the need for passenger rail service in the North and appreciate looking at other places like Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury and Thunder Bay where we can get access for passenger rail as well,” he said.