A group of local passenger train advocates are urging residents to tell the federal government the "Bear Train" passenger train service is important and needed now.
Noting today's the last day of pre-budget consultations by the federal government, the Coalition for Algoma Passenger Trains is encouraging supporters to fill in the government's survey and add a comment at the end about the need for the "Bear Train" proposal for passenger train service between Sault Ste. Marie and Oba Lake.
CAPT points out proponent MTA Inc. is proposing the feds and provincial government split the start-up and annual operating costs, like with the Huron Central Railway, with an operator, Watco, already lined up so service could start quickly.
The former Algoma Central Railway passenger train service ended a decade ago, cutting one of - if not the only - option to access many remote locations.