Ottawa’s long\u002Dtime central bus terminal, abandoned during the pandemic, is now surrounded by construction hoarding as workers prepare the site for a 27\u002Dstorey…
The demise of the venerable Catherine Street station came last year on the heels of the May 2021 announcement — inconceivable to many — that Greyhound Canada would be closing all of its bus operations in Canada after almost a century of service.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The state of the country’s inter-city transport is now being studied by the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. Last month, the committee heard a blunt assessment of that system. Vince Accardi, president of Motor Coach Canada, an industry group representing bus operators, told the committee Greyhound’s departure has left many small towns without connections to bigger towns and cities.
“Having no terminals is a major obstacle, and they’re very expensive to operate,” he said in an interview.
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