OTTAWA — Transport Canada has announced changes to track inspection rules increasing the frequency of inspections in some areas, as well as rules governing use of automated track-inspection technology. The rules announced by Transport Minister Omar Alghabra will increase the frequency of track inspections in higher-risk areas where trains travel at greater speeds while carrying […]
TORONTO — The landmark Canadian Pacific Building, once the headquarters of what was billed as “The World’s Greatest Transportation System” and the tallest building in Canada upon its completion in 1913, could be converted to residences under a plan filed with the City of Toronto by the current owners. The website Daily Hive reports that […]
MONTREAL — A jerk caused by slack action, following a sudden brake application, resulted in a railroad crewman falling from a car he was riding in a fatal January accident at Canadian National’s Pointe-Saint-Charles Yard in Montreal, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada determined in a report released Monday. The Jan. 6, 2021, accident killed […]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Canadian government will help fund an engineering study of capacity improvements for a Canadian Pacific rail line in Vancouver as part of a series of projects to improve container traffic in and around the Port of Vancouver. The study will look at improvements on the CP line connecting intermodal and […]
BIG VALLEY, Alberta — The Dauphin Rail Museum and Canadian Northern Society will hold events Dec. 14-15 to commemorate the opening of a railroad that became the Canadian Northern Railway, Canada’s second transcontinental railroad. Dec. 15 will mark the 125th anniversary of the opening of the Lake Manitoba Railway & Canal Co.; the company’s first […]
BANFF, Alberta — The company seeking to build a rail connection between Calgary International Airport and Banff National Park now says the project will cost C$1.5 billion, and is seeking financial contributions from the province of Alberta. But the CBC reports Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says that while he believes the project has merit, the […]
ENSIGN, Alberta — No injuries were reported when 39 cars of a Canadian Pacific train derailed early Monday morning near the community of Ensign. Global News reports the accident occurred about 1:35 a.m., according to the railroad. The Vulcan County, Alta., website reported that some cars involved carried residual amounts of anhydrous ammonia or liquid […]
TORONTO — A pilot program extending GO Transit service to London, Ontario — with travel times of almost four hours for a 118-mile trip — is drawing few passengers in its second month of operation. But provincial transit agency Metrolinx remains supportive of the project. The Toronto Star reports the pilot program extending Kitchener Line […]
ST-LAMBERT, Quebec — In an echo of situations that significantly disrupted the railroad’s operations in early 2020, protesters staged a blockade Saturday of Canadian National’s line in St-Lambert, adjacent to Montreal , saying they were acting in solidarity with a First Nations group in British Columbia. The Montreal Gazette reports protesters said they were responding […]
TORONTO —GO Transit service was restored on the Lakeshore East Line on Sunday after a week-long disruption following a fatal maintenance-of-way accident. The Toronto Star reports that the route could see some delays or cancellations because of ongoing staff shortages. GO Transit had been operating a bus bridge around the site of the Nov. 27 […]
NASHVILLE — Canadian National expects to have its severed British Columbia main line back in service by the weekend, which will help ease a logjam of traffic bound to and from Vancouver, Canada’s busiest port. Heavy rains lashed southern British Columbia last month, causing landslides, flooding, and major washouts in the directional running zone where […]
OTTAWA, Ontario — VIA Rail Canada has provided the first detailed look at its new equipment for corridor service, unveiling the first full trainset at the Ottawa station. A total of 32 Siemens-built trainsets will serve the Quebec City-Windsor, Ont., corridor. Testing of the first trainset will begin this month, with the first of the […]
