Cochrane station (Ontario)

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Cochrane
Ontario Northland (inter-city rail)
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Cochrane railway station
General information
Location200 Railway Street
Cochrane ON
Coordinates 49°3′38″N81°1′24″W / 49.06056°N 81.02333°W / 49.06056; -81.02333
Owned by Ontario Northland Railway
Line(s) Devonshire Subdivision
Island Falls Subdivision
Connections Bus-logo.svg Ontario Northland
Services
Preceding station Ontario Northland Railway Following station
Clute
toward Moosonee
Polar Bear Express Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Ontario Northland Railway Following station
Terminus Northlander Matheson
toward Toronto
Future services [1]
Preceding station Ontario Northland Railway Following station
Terminus Rail Connection
(opening mid-2020s)
Timmins
Terminus
Cochrane station (Ontario)
Location
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Cochrane station
Location in Ontario
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Cochrane station
Location in Canada

Cochrane station is an inter-city railway and bus station located in the town of Cochrane, Ontario Canada operated by the Ontario Northland Railway (ONR). It is the southern terminus of the Polar Bear Express service to Moosonee (on the Moose River south of James Bay) and former northern terminus of the discontinued Northlander route. The station is located in downtown Cochrane, south of the intersection of Railway Street and 7th Avenue. Its main entrance faces north to Railway Street. South of the station building, trains call at a low level platform adjacent to the ONR Island Falls Subdivision. [2]

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Railway services

As of April 2021, the Polar Bear Express operates four days per week, with a morning departure and evening arrival on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. [3]

On September 28 2012, the Ontario Northland Railway operated the last Northlander train between Cochrane and Toronto, and replaced the route with a bus service. [4]

The Ontario government has stated, however, that it intends to preserve the Polar Bear Express train service between Cochrane and Moosonee as an "essential service". [5]

Inter-city bus

Inter-city buses from Ontario Northland Motor Coach Services connect Cochrane station to a number of destinations in Northern Ontario such as Hearst, Timmins, Gogama (served by Via Rail's Canadian at Gogama station), North Bay and Sudbury. [6]

Ontario Northland schedule as of 24 January 2021
StopRouteDestination / descriptionNotes
Cochrane station101to Hearst via Smooth Rock Falls, Strickland (f), Fauquier (f), Moonbeam, Kapuskasing, Val Rita (f), Harty (f), Opasatika (f), Mattice (f) and Val Coté (f)Sun, Tue, Thu westbound evening [7]
104to Timmins via Timmins & District Hospital (connecting to Gogama VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg and Sudbury via route 12, North Bay via route 4)Mon, Wed, Fri southbound morning [8]
4Bto Matheson via Nellie Lake, Iroquois Falls, Porquis Junction and Val Gagné Daily southbound morning [9]
42to Timmins Daily southbound evening [10]
f: Flag stop

On the second floor of the station is the Station Inn Hotel (operated by Ontario Northland). [11] The Cochrane Yard, a small train yard used to store trains for ONR is also located nearby.

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References

  1. "Northlander Passenger Train". www.ontarionorthland.ca. Ontario Northland Transportation Commission. 6 June 2023.
  2. OpenStreetMap contributors (14 April 2021). "Cochrane station" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 14 April 2021.{{cite map}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. "Travelling on the Train | Ontario Northland". ontarionorthland.ca. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  4. Notice posted on Ontario Northland Railway website on September 25 2012 [ permanent dead link ]
  5. Message from ONTC Chair Ted Hargreaves, March 23, 2012 [ permanent dead link ]
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