Cochrane station (Ontario)

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]

Cochrane
Ontario Northland (inter-city rail)
Cochrane railway station
General information
Location	200 Railway Street Cochrane ON
Coordinates	49°3′38″N 81°1′24″W
Owned by	Ontario Northland Railway
Line(s)	Devonshire Subdivision Island Falls Subdivision
Connections	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
Location Cochrane station Location in Ontario Show map of Ontario Cochrane station Location in Canada Show map of Canada

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

Stop	Route	Destination / description	Notes
Cochrane station	101	to 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]
	104	to Timmins via Timmins & District Hospital (connecting to Gogama and Sudbury via route 12, North Bay via route 4)	Mon, Wed, Fri southbound morning[8]
	4B	to Matheson via Nellie Lake, Iroquois Falls, Porquis Junction and Val Gagné	Daily southbound morning[9]
	42	to 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.

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]}
6. "PDF Schedules | Ontario Northland". www.ontarionorthland.ca. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
7. "Ontario Northland Schedule 500 and 600 North Bay - Sudbury - Timmins - Hearst" (PDF). ontarionorthland.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
8. "Ontario Northland Schedule 500 and 600 North Bay - Sudbury - Timmins - Hearst" (PDF). ontarionorthland.ca. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
9. "Ontario Northland Schedule 700 and 800 North Bay - Matheson - Timmins - Cochrane - Hearst" (PDF). ontarionorthland.ca. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
10. "Ontario Northland Schedule 700 and 800 North Bay - Matheson - Timmins - Cochrane - Hearst" (PDF). ontarionorthland.ca. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
11. "Station Inn Hotel". Northeastern Ontario Canada. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

External links

• Ontario Northland Cochrane
• Travelling on the Train: Polar Bear Express (Ontario Northland)
• Ontario Northland Bus Schedules 500 and 600 Sudbury - Timmins - Hearst Archived 2021-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
• Ontario Northland Bus Schedules 700 and 800 North Bay - Matheson - Timmins - Cochrane - Hearst
• Station Inn Hotel - Hotel adjacent to Cochrane station