That's terrible news for people who depended on GhC. OTOH, they blame [news.greyhound.ca/] 'the impact of a changing and increasingly challenging transportation environment, including de-regulation and subsidized competition such as VIA Rail and publicly owned bus systems' as well as the May 2020 suspension (which, if I read it right, they state led to a 95% volume loss).
So certainly the 'subsidized' and 'public' systems will see a benefit from this loss, and pick up the pieces. Traveling GH was never a picnic, and I doubt it's gotten better in this century.
Greyhound buses in Ontario and Quebec were like the Twin Otters in Alaska.
It's a huge loss for smaller and northern communities. Besides affordable, scheduled passenger service, Greyhound carried film reels for theaters, and likely other materials.
Really it was an essential service - I don't see how many rural towns will continue to be viable. Certainly young people will leave for the big city and never return.
Note that if Greyhound still owns their city-center terminals, those could be worth a billion dollars.
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So certainly the 'subsidized' and 'public' systems will see a benefit from this loss, and pick up the pieces. Traveling GH was never a picnic, and I doubt it's gotten better in this century.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Tim_McLean
It's a huge loss for smaller and northern communities. Besides affordable, scheduled passenger service, Greyhound carried film reels for theaters, and likely other materials.
Really it was an essential service - I don't see how many rural towns will continue to be viable. Certainly young people will leave for the big city and never return.
Note that if Greyhound still owns their city-center terminals, those could be worth a billion dollars.
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