After shutting down everywhere in Canada except Ontario and Quebec in 2018, Greyhound is now shutting down in Canada completely, aside from some routes across the border by the American company (Toronto to Buffalo and NYC; Montreal to Boston and NYC; Vancouver to Seattle).
When the government is so keen to help out those who drive or fly, I can’t understand why they are willing to let intercity bus services come to an end. Particularly given the safety concerns about hitchhiking or traveling informally in remote areas, I think it would make sense for the government to take over intercity bus services as a nationalized entity if there is no commercial operator willing to do it. With passenger train services as slow, expensive, and infrequent as they are in Canada, there ought to be an option for people unable to afford flying or unwilling to use such an emissions-intensive form of transport.
Greyhound Canada to end intercity routes in blow to rural communities | Canada | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/13/greyhound-canada-end-routes-rural-communities
‘Devastating news’ for thousands as Greyhound Canada permanently shuts down across the country | The Star
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2021/05/13/greyhound-canada-suspends-service-on-all-routes-in-ontario-and-quebec.html
Canadian bus companies have plans to fill the gap left by Greyhound | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/greyhound-bus-column-don-pittis-1.6026564
Indigenous, rural residents left ‘more isolated’ after Greyhound leaves Canada
A once-bustling Greyhound rest stop sits empty. It’s a relic of a bygone era. – Macleans.ca
https://www.macleans.ca/society/greyhound-bus-stop-log-cabin-restaurant/
Greyhound set to resume bus service to Canada as U.S. border reopens
Passengers can already start booking for trips beginning Nov. 8, U.S.-based carrier says
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/greyhound-resumes-service-us-canada-1.6227464
Giant German bus company hits the highway in Canada | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/flixbus-bus-service-ontario-market-1.6412670
Is the bus back? Why these companies are betting Ontarians will travel this way in 2023 | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bus-companies-capture-ontario-market-1.6661950
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You can’t get here from there. That’s the increasing problem facing around 60 million people who depend on intercity buses.
Intercity bus lines like Greyhound, Trailways and Megabus, an overlooked but essential part of America’s transportation system, carry twice the number of people who take Amtrak every year. But the whole network faces a growing crisis: Greyhound and other private companies’ bus terminals are rapidly closing around the country.
Houston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Tampa, Louisville, Charlottesville, Portland, Oregon, and other downtown bus depots have shuttered in recent years. Bus terminals in major hubs like Chicago and Dallas are also set to close. Greyhound and other companies have relocated their stops far away from city centers, which are often inaccessible by public transit, switched to curbside service or eliminated routes altogether.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/17/business/greyhound-buses-transportation-cities/index.html