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August 20, 2019 | North America

Trudeau commits $C 1.2bn to Quebec City public transport project

CANADIAN prime minister, Mr Justin Trudeau, visited Quebec City on August 19 to announce a $C 1.2bn ($US 900m) federal commitment to the city’s public transport expansion project, which includes a new light rail line, two BRT lines and dedicated bus lanes.

August 9, 2019 | North America

CN and CSX announce joint intermodal service

NORTH American Class 1 railways, Canadian National (CN) and CSX, have announced a new intermodal service between CN’s greater Montreal & Southern Ontario region and the CSX-served ports of Philadelphia, New York, New Jersey and the New York City metropolitan area.

August 8, 2019 | Light Rail

London Trackwork awarded Finch West LRT contract

MOSAIC Transit Group has awarded London Trackwork, Canada, a contract to supply trackwork and switch machines for the Finch West LRT project in Toronto, Canada. The contract will take between one-and-a-half and two years to complete.

July 23, 2019 | Financial

SNC Lavalin exits turnkey project market

CANADIAN engineering company SNC-Lavalin Group announced on July 22 that it is exiting lump-sum turnkey contracting and will reorganise its Resources (Oil & Gas and Mining & Metallurgy) and Infrastructure Construction segments into a separate business line following their continued poor performance.

July 3, 2019 | Freight

Alberta looks to dump multi-billion-dollar oil trains

OIL trains funded by the Canadian province of Alberta were supposed to start transporting Alberta’s glut of bitumen to foreign markets on July 1 under a $US 2.8bn contract committing provincial taxpayers to leasing 4400 tank wagons and guaranteed payments to Canadian National Railway (CN) and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP).

July 1, 2019 | Financial

Genesee & Wyoming to go private in $US 8.4bn transaction

GENESEE & Wyoming (G&W) is set to become a privately-held company under a $US 8.4bn transaction announced on July 1.

June 27, 2019 | North America

Quebec City - Toronto high frequency service secures study funds

THE government of Canada and Canada Infrastructure Bank have committed $C 71.1m ($US 54.1m) in funding to further explore national operator Via Rail's proposal for high-frequency rail services along the Quebec City - Toronto corridor.

June 21, 2019 | Light Rail

Waterloo-Kitchener Ion light rail inaugurated

LIGHT Rail arrived in the cities of Waterloo and Kitchener, Ontario, on June 21 with the inauguration of Stage 1 of the Ion network.

June 18, 2019 | Light Rail

Thales to supply CBTC for Ottawa LRT stage 2 project

EAST-West Connectors has awarded Thales a contract to provide the SelTrac CBTC system for the City of Ottawa’s stage 2 O-Train Confederation Line extension project.

May 23, 2019 | Light Rail

Metrolinx unveils Eglinton Crosstown LRV

TORONTO and Hamilton transport authority Metrolinx unveiled the first Bombardier Flexity Freedom low-floor LRVs for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT at the new line’s Mount Dennis depot on May 22.

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