THE City of Ottawa has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a contract to design, build, finance and maintain the southern extension of the diesel-operated Trillium Line.

THE Canadian government will provide $C 1.8bn ($US 1.35bn) for the GO Transit Regional Express Rail (GO RER) project in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Area of southern Ontario.

CANADA's federal budget for 2017 was released on March 22 and highlights the government’s continued push toward public transit projects by allocating $C 25bn ($US 18.7bn) through various avenues.

CALGARY Council’s priorities and finance committee voted on March 21 to acquire six additional S200 LRVs for the city’s CTrain light rail network.

BRITISH Columbia's minister of transportation and infrastructure Mr Todd Stone announced on March 9 that the Canadian province will study options for establishing commuter rail services on Vancouver Island.

THE Mayor of Ottawa Mr Jim Watson unveiled proposals to expand the scope of the city’s Stage 2 LRT project on February 17 in a proposal that would extend the network to the west, south and east.

THE first Flexity Freedom LRV for the initial phase of the Ion light rail network in the Canadian city of Waterloo was loaded onto a lorry at Bombardier’s plant in Thunder Bay, Ontario, on February 15 in readiness for delivery, which is expected to take 10-12 days.

BRITISH infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR) has announced that its subsidiary, Network Rail Consulting (NRC), has expanded its operations in North America and appointed a new vice-president to lead its new Canadian subsidiary, which will be headquartered in Toronto.

CANADIAN National Railway (CN) says 64% of its $C 2.5bn ($US 1.9bn) capital investment budget in 2017 will be used to upgrade track and structures.

INFRASTRUCTURE Ontario (IO) and Toronto and Hamilton transport authority Metrolinx have issued a Request for Qualification (RFQ) for a contract to design, build, finance, operate and maintain Hamilton’s light rail B Line.