GO trains returning for tourism season

From the Niagara Falls Review: The return of GO Transit trains to Niagara Falls is “absolutely wonderful,” says Niagara Falls woman Denise Kurek, one of the first passengers aboard last summer’s “excursion train” to Toronto as the provincial agency tested weekend service between Ontario’s two most popular tourism destinations. “We don’t like driving to Toronto,”…

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Power of thought to control Niagara Falls lightshow

From TGDaily.com: Visitors to the Winter Olympics in Vancouver next week will be able to control lightshows at major landmarks by the power of thought alone. Toronto-based InteraXon has invented a headset that picks up the user’s alpha and beta waves and translates them into commands. “We’re like interpreters fluent in the language of the…

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GO Transit experiment exceeds expectations

From the Niagara Falls Review: More than 43,000 passengers used GO Transit’s “excursion train” to travel between Niagara Falls and Toronto, according to figures released by the provincial transit agency. The summer weekend and holiday service ended on the Thanksgiving holiday Monday, considered the end of the traditional tourism season. There were 833 passengers on…

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Open call to the road: Niagara Falls. << Travel Along The Way

Someone with a WordPress blog has posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: So what’s a better way to cheer myself up and get out of the country? Another trip. Money is tight and so is time. I start school again in less then 3 weeks. When I was deciding where to go Toronto…

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Buffalo, NY/Niagara Falls, NY/Canada Ideas Please

Someone posted a question on the MyCoupons forum asking about ideas for her trip to Buffalo and Niagara Falls: Hi. We’re going to Buffalo/Niagara this weekend. We are staying in Buffalo, going to go up to Niagara Falls on Sat. Anyone got any ideas? Me, 28; DH 30; DD 9… We go up about 1…

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Niagara Helicopters Announces Special Offer for Niagara Falls GO Train Visitors

From a PR Web press release seen on Yahoo! News: Niagara Helicopters has launched a special offer for their Niagara Falls sightseeing tours when visitors use the new GO Train service from Toronto to Niagara Falls. Effective July 11th, 2009, Niagara Helicopters is happy to offer all riders utilizing the GO Train to Niagara Falls…

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GO trains roll into Niagara Saturday

From the Niagara Falls Review: After years of clamouring to get on the GO train, Niagara finally gets on board Saturday morning, though with 36 hours before the first train’s arrival there aren’t many signs of the debut of a much-anticipated service. On Thursday, there weren’t many signs at the Bridge Street station indicating the…

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