It’s not quite a return to the city’s glory days of railroading, however a few weeks ago a third railway operator will serve St. Thomas, linking it to Aylmer, Tillsonburg and ultimately on to Courtland.
GIO Railway out of Welland, Ontario is leasing the tracks from CN and it seeks to aggressively go after new customers along the line, explains Neil Johnson, vice-president of GIO Rail Holdings.
The hope is this service will be utilized well in Elgin, Oxford and Norfolk County.
The company purchased Trillium Railway in 2016 which had operated this same line between 1998 and 2013 under the St. Thomas and Eastern Railway banner.