Use the Prince of Wales Railway Bridge for Commuter Rail Use.

We could easily run an O-Train shuttle across the Prince of Wales Bridge between Bayview and Terasses de la Chaudiere.

This would be MORE cost effective than moving people across the Ottawa River by buses. This would save MILLIONS of your tax dollars.

Currently OC Transpo sends approximately 300 buses each day from Monday to Friday to bring Ottawa commuters to their employment destinations in Gatineau.

Instead of using all those buses, we should be using the Prince of Wales Bridge and its existing rail lines to bring transit users to the West end of Gatineau formerly known as downtown Hull.

Since Ottawa has three Talent Trains used for the O-Train operation, but only two are used on a daily basis, the third train could be used to shuttle transit users between the Bayview Station and Terasses de la Chaudiere during the morning and afternoon peak transit periods.

This would be very easy to establish since it would only involve a simple platform and connected pathway to be built on the Ottawa side near the Bayview station,

and a platform to be built at the siding that is just across the street from Terasses de la Chaudiere.

This map shows the location of the Prince of Wales Bridge and its ideal location for cross river, and Inter-Provincial transit use.

The map below shows the actual location of the unused rail spur. This rail spur once served the former Domtar Plant.

The following images also shows how close the existing railway railway siding is to Terasses de la Chaudiere on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River..

Based on this evidence there is NO reason why we should NOT be using the Prince of Wales Railway Bridge for Rail-Based Peak Hour Transit across the Ottawa River Between Ottawa and Gatineau.