ONR buses roll on Tuesday

Ontario Northland
News Release

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Ontario Northland is pleased to announce that motor coach operations will resume in part on Tuesday, December 11, 2007, with full services available on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 following the ratification of the Company’s collective agreement with its 50 motor coach operators over the weekend.

“We are very excited to welcome back our customers, in time to meet their needs over the holidays” said Beverly Martin, Chief Communications Officer with Ontario Northland. “We will begin to offer partial service on Tuesday, with our full schedule available as of Wednesday. In addition, our shuttle services to connect to our Northlander and Polar Bear Express passenger trains will also resume on Wednesday.”

Ontario Northland provides passenger motor coach and bus parcel express services on routes between Hearst and Toronto, along both the Highway 11 corridor through North Bay and the Highway 144/69 corridor through Sudbury.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2007

The following services only will be available on Tuesday, December 11, 2007:

Departing from Timmins
Southbound
8:15 a.m. → Arriving in Sudbury 12:55 p.m.
8:15 p.m. → Arriving in North Bay 1:50 a.m.

Departing from North Bay

Southbound
12:15 p.m. → Arriving in Toronto 5:30 p.m.
4:00 p.m. → Arriving in Toronto 9:45 p.m.

Northbound
4:15 p.m. → Arriving in Hearst 1:45 a.m.

Departing from Sudbury

Southbound
1:00 p.m. → Arriving in Toronto 6:40 p.m.
5:15 p.m. → Arriving in Toronto 10:55 p.m.

Northbound
5:00 p.m. → Arriving in Hearst 1:45 a.m.

Departing from Toronto

Northbound
7:15 p.m. → Arriving in North Bay 12:45 a.m.
8:00 p.m. → Arriving in Sudbury 1:45 a.m.


WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2007

Full services will resume.

Northlander and Polar Bear Express shuttle services will resume.

Passengers are encouraged to contact Ontario Northland’s Passenger Services Department at 1.800.461.8558 for more information and to confirm travel times.

New Collective Agreement

Ontario Northland’s 50 motor coach operators ratified their new collective agreement over the weekend. The 52 month contract provides for wage increases of 3% annually, in addition to enhancements to benefits and work rules. The agreement is retroactive to September 1, 2006 and expires on December 31, 2010.

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