New Brunswick Needs Trains
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Bring back the glory days of rail travel in NB! 🚂
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I met our new premier yesterday & asked her about inter-city transit & passenger rail.
Her response: there is currently no plan, and there is no good economic case for passenger rail in our province.
I’m disappointed, but I appreciate the honesty.
Rail enthusiasts: the fight continues ✊
Her response: there is currently no plan, and there is no good economic case for passenger rail in our province.
I’m disappointed, but I appreciate the honesty.
Rail enthusiasts: the fight continues ✊
In honour of this auspicious meeting, I’m re-posting an old thread from the bad place with my thoughts on passenger rail & profit below.
“But passenger trains aren’t profitable!”
Let’s talk about this. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
“But passenger trains aren’t profitable!”
Let’s talk about this. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Well into my eighth hour on this @viarailcanada.bsky.social train (which is outside Markham and not moving) from Ottawa to Toronto and wondering if we might be able to get regular-speed rail in this country.
November 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Well into my eighth hour on this @viarailcanada.bsky.social train (which is outside Markham and not moving) from Ottawa to Toronto and wondering if we might be able to get regular-speed rail in this country.
It will never not be upsetting to me that New Brunswick had better intercity public transportation half a century ago than today. Our leaders should be ashamed & mortified.
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/
It’s a big country and I’ll probably miss something.
seanmarshall.ca/transport-map/
Canada Intercity Transport Map
All of Canada’s transport links, in one map This map depicts all intercity and regional bus and rail connections in Canada. Information for each transit agency and intercity carrier is availa…
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November 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
It will never not be upsetting to me that New Brunswick had better intercity public transportation half a century ago than today. Our leaders should be ashamed & mortified.
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Women don't care about the Cybertruck.
Women only want one thing; and it's a 1941 North Shore Electroliner by Saint Louis Car Company.
Women only want one thing; and it's a 1941 North Shore Electroliner by Saint Louis Car Company.
October 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Women don't care about the Cybertruck.
Women only want one thing; and it's a 1941 North Shore Electroliner by Saint Louis Car Company.
Women only want one thing; and it's a 1941 North Shore Electroliner by Saint Louis Car Company.
Can’t wait to find out how many high speed rail projects will be funded out of today’s budget bill that includes “generational investments” in federal infrastructure! 🤡
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November 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Can’t wait to find out how many high speed rail projects will be funded out of today’s budget bill that includes “generational investments” in federal infrastructure! 🤡
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Public transport investment usually has a return on investment of 4:1 (for every £1 invested, the economy grows by £4), but done well it can do even better than that
Great example here
Great example here
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.
#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Public transport investment usually has a return on investment of 4:1 (for every £1 invested, the economy grows by £4), but done well it can do even better than that
Great example here
Great example here
“This a story about an enjoyable train journey... And a testament to just how good train travel can be, even in a country that has done everything possible to cripple it.”
Big oof
youtu.be/c2MGauUIUNc?...
Big oof
youtu.be/c2MGauUIUNc?...
This Train Just Keeps Getting Worse 😢 (VIA Rail "The Ocean")
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
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October 31, 2025 at 11:39 AM
“This a story about an enjoyable train journey... And a testament to just how good train travel can be, even in a country that has done everything possible to cripple it.”
Big oof
youtu.be/c2MGauUIUNc?...
Big oof
youtu.be/c2MGauUIUNc?...
TRAINS
October 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
TRAINS
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Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
I am becoming increasingly concerned about the lack of viable public transit paired with astronomical car pricing. Car ownership is the new feudalism, designed to keep us in predatory debt traps as lifelong renters and I am not here for it.
this is the most true and relatable meme that's ever been created:
October 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I am becoming increasingly concerned about the lack of viable public transit paired with astronomical car pricing. Car ownership is the new feudalism, designed to keep us in predatory debt traps as lifelong renters and I am not here for it.
Once more for the people in the back:
📢 train networks are nation-building!!
Instead of pipelines, carney should be focusing on high speed rail networks for people & goods
📢 train networks are nation-building!!
Instead of pipelines, carney should be focusing on high speed rail networks for people & goods
I know I’ve said this more than once, and I know it’s really obvious, but taking the train between cities in Europe is just fantastic. So easy.
One of the dumbest mistakes North America ever made, and continues to make, is doing so relatively little with trains. Train networks are nation-building.
One of the dumbest mistakes North America ever made, and continues to make, is doing so relatively little with trains. Train networks are nation-building.
October 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Once more for the people in the back:
📢 train networks are nation-building!!
Instead of pipelines, carney should be focusing on high speed rail networks for people & goods
📢 train networks are nation-building!!
Instead of pipelines, carney should be focusing on high speed rail networks for people & goods
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trains are magic and it’s so embarrassing that the richest country in the history of the world is all “high speed rail? nah we don’t need it”
September 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
trains are magic and it’s so embarrassing that the richest country in the history of the world is all “high speed rail? nah we don’t need it”
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About a hundred or so years ago, people from Fredericton commuted to Marysville via train to work at the cotton mill, and vice versa. The train took fifteen minutes, from a station near where the Coffee Mill is now, to a station near where the apartments on Brunswick Street back onto the trail.
August 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
About a hundred or so years ago, people from Fredericton commuted to Marysville via train to work at the cotton mill, and vice versa. The train took fifteen minutes, from a station near where the Coffee Mill is now, to a station near where the apartments on Brunswick Street back onto the trail.
👀 now do saint john!
August 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
👀 now do saint john!
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Canadians built Air Canada and our airports with decades of public investment. Now we have a privatized airline cutting service, abandoning workers, and pocketing bailouts. If we’re footing the bill anyway, shouldn’t they serve the public—not shareholders?
Why we need to (re)nationalize Air Canada
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August 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Canadians built Air Canada and our airports with decades of public investment. Now we have a privatized airline cutting service, abandoning workers, and pocketing bailouts. If we’re footing the bill anyway, shouldn’t they serve the public—not shareholders?
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1 like = 1 passenger rail project idea
July 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
1 like = 1 passenger rail project idea
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1 like = 1 passenger rail project idea
1 like = 1 passenger rail project idea
July 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
1 like = 1 passenger rail project idea
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This 1979 #book about #streetcars in #SaintJohn includes an account of the 1914 #strike. Illustrated with #B&W #photos. $25. #Booksky #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #NewBrunswick #labour #transit #transportation
July 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This 1979 #book about #streetcars in #SaintJohn includes an account of the 1914 #strike. Illustrated with #B&W #photos. $25. #Booksky #LocalHistory #SocialHistory #NewBrunswick #labour #transit #transportation
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Today in 1914, Saint John saw the worst labour unrest in NB history. The Royal Canadian Dragoons were called who beat strikers on horseback with swords. The population supported the streetcar union by overturning streetcars, attacking the company HQ, and clashing with the police. Example for us all.
1914 Saint John street railway strike - Wikipedia
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July 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Today in 1914, Saint John saw the worst labour unrest in NB history. The Royal Canadian Dragoons were called who beat strikers on horseback with swords. The population supported the streetcar union by overturning streetcars, attacking the company HQ, and clashing with the police. Example for us all.
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I think it's very cool that the Ocean has been running for this long.
It's great that the station has been refurbished.
Now. About the frequency and reliability issues that plague it.
globalnews.ca/video/112888...
It's great that the station has been refurbished.
Now. About the frequency and reliability issues that plague it.
globalnews.ca/video/112888...
VIA Rail celebrates more than 120 years of the ‘Ocean Line’ | Watch News Videos Online
Watch VIA Rail celebrates more than 120 years of the ‘Ocean Line’ Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
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July 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I think it's very cool that the Ocean has been running for this long.
It's great that the station has been refurbished.
Now. About the frequency and reliability issues that plague it.
globalnews.ca/video/112888...
It's great that the station has been refurbished.
Now. About the frequency and reliability issues that plague it.
globalnews.ca/video/112888...
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Hey, remember when car and oil companies successfully lobbied governments to create car dependent cities and suburbs, and once we became almost completely car dependent, WE became the loudest, angriest champions of unhindered road space for cars, unnaturally cheap gas, and subsidized free parking?
July 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Hey, remember when car and oil companies successfully lobbied governments to create car dependent cities and suburbs, and once we became almost completely car dependent, WE became the loudest, angriest champions of unhindered road space for cars, unnaturally cheap gas, and subsidized free parking?
Never forget what they took from us
Imagine … taking a train from Brantford to Goderich … or from Glencoe to Strathroy … or from Palmerston to Elora … or, well, to just about anywhere (our rail network in 1901).
July 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Never forget what they took from us
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I literally cannot emphasize enough how much a high-speed and high-density train system would improve everyone’s quality of life in this country.
Can you imagine if Canada’s small towns had train service like this? Hop on for a little day trip and hike, catch the train back at sunset.
We could have this if we invested in rail.
We could have this if we invested in rail.
A most lovely walk from Quarry Sidings Halt & Dolgoch! There was some draw dropping views!
We’ll gloss over the overgrown footpaths and death paths 🤪😂
We’ll gloss over the overgrown footpaths and death paths 🤪😂
July 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I literally cannot emphasize enough how much a high-speed and high-density train system would improve everyone’s quality of life in this country.
Can you imagine if Canada’s small towns had train service like this? Hop on for a little day trip and hike, catch the train back at sunset.
We could have this if we invested in rail.
We could have this if we invested in rail.
A most lovely walk from Quarry Sidings Halt & Dolgoch! There was some draw dropping views!
We’ll gloss over the overgrown footpaths and death paths 🤪😂
We’ll gloss over the overgrown footpaths and death paths 🤪😂
July 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Can you imagine if Canada’s small towns had train service like this? Hop on for a little day trip and hike, catch the train back at sunset.
We could have this if we invested in rail.
We could have this if we invested in rail.
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I know we don't have the population base for this. But I'm jealous. I just looked and I can get a $10 return train or bus ticket Toronto to Niagara Falls.
Summer bus service. Freddy/SJ to Saint Andrews? Miramichi/Moncton to Fundy? etc etc.
I know, compare millions of people to tens of thousands.
Summer bus service. Freddy/SJ to Saint Andrews? Miramichi/Moncton to Fundy? etc etc.
I know, compare millions of people to tens of thousands.
June 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I know we don't have the population base for this. But I'm jealous. I just looked and I can get a $10 return train or bus ticket Toronto to Niagara Falls.
Summer bus service. Freddy/SJ to Saint Andrews? Miramichi/Moncton to Fundy? etc etc.
I know, compare millions of people to tens of thousands.
Summer bus service. Freddy/SJ to Saint Andrews? Miramichi/Moncton to Fundy? etc etc.
I know, compare millions of people to tens of thousands.
Saint John Mystery Guild asking all the hard-hitting questions that locals want to know!!
June 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Saint John Mystery Guild asking all the hard-hitting questions that locals want to know!!