Posted 3 days ago by Railpage System User
A Canadian shippers group supports the federal government’s plan requiring freight railroads to provide service data as a way to improve visibility into supply chain flows.
Posted 5 days ago by Railpage System User
The federal and provincial governments have announced funding for significant enhancements as well as operation and maintenance of the Hudson Bay Railway.
Posted 5 days ago by Railpage System User
A multi-billion dollar investment programme will change the way people use public transport in Canada’s most populated area, with GO Expansion bringing frequent all-day electric train services to routes across the Toronto region.
Posted 6 days ago by Railpage System User
AN important step forward in Calgary’s plans for a new 46km Green Line to add to the city’s existing 59km light rail network has been made with the Request for Qualification (RFQ) process for Phase 1 progressing to the Request for Proposal (RFP) stage.
Posted 6 days ago by Railpage System User
The Réseau express métropolitain (REM) de Montréal has begun operating across the Samuel De Champlain Bridge in Quebec, Canada.
Posted 6 days ago by Railpage System User
The governments of Canada and Manitoba have announced they will provide the Arctic Gateway Group with up to 147.6 million USD (145.32m EUR) of funding over the next two years.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
THE shareholders of French rolling stock leasing company Akiem have agreed to enter into exclusive negotiations with Canadian pension fund Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) for the sale of the company.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
The 2022-23 crop year will see Canadian grain volumes return to more historical levels, but supply chain pressures will require CN and Canadian Pacific to ensure they have enough network capacity, particularly out west in the fourth quarter. Harvesting also might begin later in the third quarter.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
SNCF is negotiating the sale of its freight locomotive leasing company Akiem with the Canadian investment fund Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (CDPQ). The railway company jointly owns the subsidiary (50:50) with German infrastructure asset manager DWS.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Transport Canada is now requiring railway companies to submit winter operating plans for their equipment, including how the railways will manage the maintenance of air brakes in very cold temperatures, as part of a broader effort to improve rail safety.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Deploying precision scheduled railroading (PSR) is an art and a process, and the operational model shouldn’t be blamed for poor rail service, Canadian Pacific President and CEO Keith Creel told investors during a second-quarter 2022 earnings call Thursday.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Despite looming economic uncertainties in the second half of 2022, Canadian railway CN expects volume gains in grain and brisk intermodal activity to support the railway in the back half of the year, according to executives on CN’s second-quarter 2022 earnings call.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The Surface Transportation Board will conduct a three-day hearing in September on the proposed merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern in order to speak directly with the railways, as well as any other interested parties, about issues that have arisen during the proceeding.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Alberta Investment Management Corp has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 100% equity stake in Cando Rail & Terminals Ltd from the rail freight group’s employees and private equity investor TorQuest.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The Surface Transportation Board has been receiving testimony on the proposed merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern — and it’s been an earful.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Current and future permafrost conditions along the Hudson Bay Railway corridor to Churchill in Manitoba are to be studied by the University of Calgary with C$4·4m of funding from the National Trade Corridors Fund
Posted 4 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The Canadian government is investing in rail infrastructure in Saskatchewan and Ontario as part of its broader program aimed at bolstering Canada’s trade corridors.
Posted 4 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Canadian railways will need to reduce train speeds, increase track inspections and inspect locomotive exhaust systems during times of high fire danger, the government announced July 5.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Transport Canada has announced the Rail Climate Change Adaptation Programme.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Some 2,400 railroaders could walk off the job at VIA Rail at 12:01 a.m. Monday in the latest instance of strife between labor and railroad management in North America.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
ALSTOM has announced that it is creating a new innovation centre in Canada’s Greater Montreal area tasked with developing green methods of rail transport propulsion.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Canadian railway CN and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers have agreed to enter binding arbitration, putting to end a two-week strike over wages and benefits.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
NORTH American Class 1 Canadian National (CN) has announced its 2022 spending plans for the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Quebec, which will see a total of $C 725m ($US 561.8m) allocated to capital investment and infrastructure maintenance.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Jeff Willsie, the founder and former president of the Ontario Southland Railway, died June 21. He was 70 years old.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Canadian railway CN has announced another $355 million in capital investments in two provinces and two U.S. states, bringing the total to $1.67 billion for 2022.
About this website
Railpage version 3.10.0.0037
All logos and trademarks in this site are property of their respective owner. The comments are property of their posters, all the rest is © 2003-2022 Interactive Omnimedia Pty Ltd.
You can syndicate our news using one of the RSS feeds.
Stats for nerds
Gen time: 0.4787s | RAM: 6.82kb