Speaking for Canada (well part of it), Toronto and Montreal do a decent job of bringing people into the city from outside on commuter trains. While Ottawa is a

Speaking for Canada (well part of it), Toronto and Montreal do a decent job of bringing people into the city from outside on commuter trains. While Ottawa is a joke. There is no commuter specific rail (like GO and EXO) only a few miscellaneous busses from outlying areas. And, related to the article, the Ottawa train station is at the dumbest spot possible in the east end of the city, near nothing. Since they built the "o-train" (Ottawa's subway line) it's actually much easier to get into town from the station, but it's still an annoying extra destination transfer. I live in Montreal and I do take the train to Ottawa sometimes but often driving makes more sense because the train doesn't get me anywhere useful. I'm sure lots of other people are making the same decision.