Moosonee station is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

Moosonee, Ontario Moosonee () is a town in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, on the Moose River approximately south of James Bay. It is considered to be "the Gateway to the Arctic" and has Ontario's only saltwater port. Nearby, on Moose Factory Island, is the commu ...

, Canada operated by the

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. It is the northern terminus of

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's ''

Polar Bear Express The ''Polar Bear Express'' is a Canadian passenger train operated by the Ontario Northland Railway in Northern Ontario. Service was introduced in 1964. While designated as a passenger train, the Polar Bear Express also carries freight and is eq ...

'', located about 12 miles (19 km) south of the shore of

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on the north bank of the Moose River. It consists of a single storey station building, sheds, and a small train yard. The station is located on Arena Road, which marks the northern boundary of the townsite. Directly southeast of the station lie the Moosonee Arena, Super 8 by Wyndham hotel, Moosonee Public School and the Moosonee Campus of Northern College. As of April 2021, the train operates four days per week, with an afternoon arrival and early evening departure on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Moosonee is a base for cargo shipping to settlements not already served by the railroad. Tracks run past the station out to the

Moosonee Airport Moosonee Airport is located north-east of Moosonee, Ontario, Canada. The Moosonee Airport was officially opened in May 1970 and a new terminal building was constructed in July 1991, which houses the airport management office and washrooms. Ther ...

with a siding along the Moose River (beside Revillon Road North) for bringing freight to barges. Box cars are stored at the terminus until trains run south for the return trip to North Bay or

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. The station was built in the 1960s and renovated with new sidings in 2009. The first station in Moosonee was built in 1932 by the then

Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway The Ontario Northland Railway is a Canadian railway operated by the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission, a provincial Crown agency of the government of Ontario. Originally built to develop the Lake Timiskaming and Lake Nipissing area ...

. The

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passenger-vehicle and freight ferry operated by the

Owen Sound Transportation Company The Owen Sound Transportation Company Limited is a Crown agency of the Government of Ontario responsible for operating seasonal ferry services within Ontario, Canada. OSTC is based in Owen Sound and was originally established in 1921 as a pr ...

connects Moosonee to

Moose Factory Moose Factory is a community in the Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Moose Factory Island, near the mouth of the Moose River (Ontario), Moose River, which is at the southern end of James Bay. It was the first English language ...

across the river on a seasonal basis. The ferry departs from the bank of the Moose River, roughly south of the station. Moosonee station is one of only two train stations in Canada located near

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. The other is Churchill station, located several hundred kilometers to the northwest on the shore of Hudson Bay in

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Travelling on the Train: Polar Bear Express (Ontario Northland)Moosonee station train (Via Rail)
Moosonee Ontario Northland Railway stations Railway stations in Cochrane District 1960s establishments in Ontario Railway stations in Canada opened in the 1960s

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