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March 31, 2020 | Light Rail

Three consortia in running for Edmonton light rail project

THREE consortia have been shortlisted for a public-private partnership (PPP) scheme to design, build and partially finance the City of Edmonton’s Valley Line West Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, following a request for submissions which closed on February 24.

March 6, 2020 | Fleet

Calgary orders 15 additional Mask LRVs from Siemens

SIEMENS has received an order to supply a further 15 “Mask” S200 LRVs to modernise Calgary’s light rail vehicle fleet, replacing the Siemens U2 vehicles that have been operating for almost 40 years.

March 3, 2020 | Freight

CN recalls staff to restart rail services in eastern Canada

CN has started to recall most of its employees in eastern Canada who were laid off temporarily as a result of blockades of its rail network by indigenous people protesting against the construction of a pipeline in British Columbia.

March 3, 2020 | Metros

Tenders issued for technical advisors for Ontario metro projects

INFRASTRUCTURE Ontario (IO) has launched a number of tenders to further progress four metro expansion projects across Toronto announced in April 2019.

February 17, 2020 | Freight

Transport Canada relaxes speed restrictions on dangerous goods trains

CANADA’s minister of transport, Mr Marc Garneau, has relaxed the temporary speed restrictions imposed on trains carrying dangerous goods following the derailment of a crude oil train on February 6 in Guernsey, Saskatchewan.

February 14, 2020 | North America

BC pipeline protest closes CN and Via Rail networks

A protest against the construction of the 670km Coastal GasLink pipeline in British Columbia, which led to blockades of CN tracks, has forced the Class 1 railway to shut its eastern Canada rail network, crippling the Via Rail passenger network.

February 11, 2020 | Freight

Transport Canada orders speed restriction following second oil train fire

TRANSPORT Canada has imposed a speed restriction on freight trains carrying dangerous goods after a second unexplained derailment and rupture-caused explosive fire of a crude oil train in Guernsey, Saskatchewan, on February 6.

January 31, 2020 | Financial

CN and CP revenues up in 2019, NS down

CANADIAN Class 1 freight railways Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific (CP) both reported increases in revenue in their 2019 full year results while United States Class 1 Norfolk Southern (NS) reported a 1% decline compared with 2018 as it experienced a 5% drop in volumes.

January 15, 2020 | North America

Canadian cities push network expansion

Marco D’Angelo, president and CEO of the Canadian Urban Transit Association, talks to David Burroughs.

January 8, 2020 | Main line

20 rail projects to watch in 2020

IRJ market analyst, Oscar Sinclair, profiles the 20 rail projects to watch in the next 12 months.

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