- Ontario Northland Motor Coach Services
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Parent Ontario Northland Transportation Commission Headquarters 555 Oak Street East, North Bay Service area between Hearst and Toronto, through Sudbury and North Bay [1] Service type scheduled coach service, bus charter and bus parcel express Routes 2 Fleet 23 (2003)[1] Web site Motor Coach Services 
overnight to the north land
Ontario Northland Motor Coach Services is a bus service operating in Ontario by the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission.
Ontario Northland Motor Coach Services operates inter-city bus and parcel service between Toronto (from Toronto Coach Terminal via Yorkdale GO Terminal) and locations in Central and Northern Ontario.
There are two scheduled routes running north and south between Toronto and Hearst; the Highway 11 corridor, through North Bay and Cochrane, and the Highway 400/69/144 corridor, through Parry Sound, Sudbury and Timmins. [2]
The bus service was suspended when a drivers' strike began on September 29, 2007.[3] The strike left the train as the only public transportation available for many communities; bus service did not resume until December 11, 2007.
Contents
Routes
ON bus service (Route 1 and 2) operates to the following stations or stops:
- Toronto Coach Terminal
- Yorkdale Bus Terminal
- Barrie Bus Terminal
- Parry Sound
- Sudbury
- Orillia
- Gravenhurst
- Bracebridge
- Washago
- Port Sydney
- Novar
- Huntsville
- Emsdale
- Burk's Falls
- Sundridge
- South River
- Trout Creek
- Powassan
- North Bay
- Iroquois Falls
- Cochrane
- Smooth Rock Falls
- Kapuskasing
- Hearst
- Temagami
- Coldwater
- Port Severn
- Mactier
- Azilda
- Chelmsford
- Dowling
- Levack
- Cartier
- Cobalt
- Haileybury
- New Liskeard
- Swastika
- Earlton
- Englehart
- Kirkland Lake
- Ramore
- Matheson
- Val Gagne
- Gogama
- South Porcupine
- Timmins
Ontario Northland also operates short routes connecting to the Northlander passenger train, providing access to Timmins and South Porcupine from the Matheson railway station.
Fleet
In 1991, ONR acquired some buses from the sale of Gray Coach by Stagecoach Group.
Recent purchase of five:
- Prevost X3-45
See also
References
- ^ a b ONTC 2003 Annual Report
- ^ Ontario Northland, Motor Coach Services, Route Map
- ^ Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (2007-10-13). "Ontario Northland bus talks break off". http://www.tcrccpreasttrainmen.ca/10_13_2007.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-11.
External links
Categories:- Ontario Northland Transportation Commission
- Bus transport in Ontario
- Intercity bus companies of Canada
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