Rail Freight Services

Ontario Northland is primarily engaged in providing rail freight services for the transportation of mineral and forest products, chemicals, petroleum and other products to and from northeastern Ontario and northwestern Quebec. In addition to rail freight, Ontario Northland operates express freight services between Cochrane and Moosonee.

Most carload freight shipments are moved on regularly scheduled freight trains connecting with other Canadian railways: Canadian National (CN) and CP Rail System (CPRS). Ontario Northland is part of a North American network of railways providing freight services to and from locations throughout North America, including import/export traffic from seaports. Special train movements for heavy or dimensional loads are also handled by Ontario Northland.

Connections

Ontario Northland interchange(s) traffic with other railroads at the following gateway points:

	Gateway Location	Connecting Carrier
	North Bay, Ontario	CN and CPRS
	Noranda, Quebec	CN
	Hearst, Ontario	CN

Some typical transit times (in hours) are shown below. Please note that Ontario Northland endeavours to meet this schedule, however we cannot guarantee arrival and departure times.

Freight Schedules

Destination	Origin	Hours
New Liskeard, Ontario	North Bay, Ontario	3
Englehart, Ontario	North Bay, Ontario	4
Kirkland Lake, Ontario	North Bay, Ontario	5
Rouyn-Noranda	North Bay, Ontario	7
Cochrane, Ontario	North Bay, Ontario	7
Timmins, Ontario	North Bay, Ontario	7
Moosonee, Ontario	Cochrane, Ontario	5
Hearst, Ontario	Cochrane, Ontario	4

	Area Served	Frequency
	North Bay, Ontario to Cochrane, Ontario	Weekdays
	North Bay, Ontario to Timmins, Ontario	Daily except Sunday
	North Bay, Ontario to Rouyn, Quebec	Daily except Saturday (subject to traffic volumes)
	Cochrane, Ontario to Hearst, Ontario	Weekdays
	Cochrane, Ontario to Moosonee, Ontario	Monday, Wednesday and Friday
	Hearst, Ontario to Agrium Mine Site	Daily (subject to traffic volumes)