Canada railway news

News about railway and urban rail infrastructure, operations, policy, projects and the supply industry in Canada.

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    TramCité de Québec development agreement signed

    2024-12-17T12:00:00Z

    CANADA: An agreement defining stakeholders’ responsibilities for the development of the Québec City tram project has been signed. The signatories were the city council, public infrastructure developer CDPQ Infra and the province’s Ministry of Transport & Sustainable Mobility, which said each partner now has a clear ...

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    Fuel cells orders for passenger and freight traction

    2024-12-13T15:00:00Z

    NORTH AMERICA: Ballard Power Systems has signed two agreements to supply fuel cells for use on freight locomotives in Canada and passenger trains in the USA. On December 5 Ballard announced a long-term supply agreement to provide Canadian Pacific Kansas City with 200 kW fuel cells ...

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    Ontario Northlander station contract awarded

    2024-12-12T13:00:00Z

    CANADA: The project to relaunch Northlander passenger services between Toronto and a future Timmins-Porcupine station is advancing, with the province of Ontario awarding a contract for station works and releasing images of the what future trains will look like. EllisDon has been awarded the contract to ...

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    VIA Rail seeks dome cars as part of pan-Canadian fleet renewal

    2024-12-10T16:30:00Z

    CANADA: VIA Rail Canada has issued a requests for qualification for a contract to supply more than 40 locomotives and 313 coaches of nine types to replace its Long-Distance, Regional & Remote train fleet. There would be a technical support and spares supply services agreement for an ...

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    Hitachi Rail invests C$100m in next-generation CBTC

    2024-12-05T15:07:00Z

    CANADA: Hitachi Rail is investing C$100m to develop the next generation of SelTrac Communication-Based Train Control signalling technology at its facility in Toronto. SelTrac G9 will integrate artificial intelligence, 5G communications, edge and cloud computing to offer urban rail operators worldwide lower costs, a reduced carbon ...

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    Genesee & Wyoming launches Red Deer Railway

    2024-12-04T16:00:00Z

    CANADA: Genesee & Wyoming Inc has launched Red Deer Railway Ltd, its first railway in western Canada. GWI acquired the assets and other rights from Canadian Pacific Kansas City as part of the transaction which saw CPKC and CSX acquire lines operated by G&W’s Meridian & ...

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    CPKC completes hydrogen loco refuelling facilities

    2024-11-26T15:00:00Z

    CANADA: Canadian Pacific Kansas City and ATCO EnPower have completed two hydrogen production and refuelling facilities as part a pilot programme to retrofit diesel locomotives with Ballard fuel cell power packs. The sites in Calgary and Edmonton are intended as models for future projects across the ...

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    Northwest Territories rail freight terminal deal

    2024-11-24T06:00:00Z

    CANADA: Cando Rail & Terminals has acquired the AWP Industries wagons storage and transload terminal at Enterprise in the Northwest Territories. Cando said the recently built terminal is strategically located at what is now the northern terminus of CN’s rail network and serves as a critical ...

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    Hamilton light rail civil works procurement begins

    2024-11-11T05:00:00Z

    CANADA: The province of Ontario has issued a request for qualifications for the civil works & utility relocation contract for the Hamilton Light Rail Transit project. In May 2021 the province and federal government each announced C$1·7bn of co-funding to enable the construction of the line, ...

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    Automated train gangway coupling system to be tested in Toronto

    2024-09-27T07:13:00Z

    INNOTRANS: Hübner has unveiled its AutoCouple concept for the fully automated coupling and uncoupling of inter-car train gangways. A trial on the Toronto subway is planned for 2025. Rather than being a direct replacement for conventional coach gangways, AutoCouple aims to make it easier for operators ...

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    RailPulse freight wagon telematics platform goes live

    2024-09-16T14:39:00Z

    NORTH AMERICA: The industry-wide RailPulse coalition has launched the open platform for telematics data which it has developed to provide near real-time insights for North American wagon owners, operators and freight shippers. The platform uses GPS and other technologies to monitor the location, condition and health ...

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    Knorr-Bremse sees international signalling opportunities after $690m acquisition

    2024-09-02T15:30:00Z

    NORTH AMERICA: Knorr-Bremse has completed its $690m acquisition of the conventional rail signalling business of Alstom Signaling North America, with 800 employees in six locations becoming employees of KB Signaling, a standalone business. The completion announced on September 2 follows a binding agreement signed on April ...

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    Vancouver SkyTrain extension contracts awarded

    2024-08-28T11:00:00Z

    CANADA: Major construction works for the 16 km extension of Vancouver’s SkyTrain light metro Expo Line from King George in Surrey to 203 Street in Langley are set to begin this year, following the award of the guideway, stations and systems & trackwork contracts. The SkyLink ...

  • Calgary Green Line revised project map (Image City of Calgary)
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    Calgary light rail project cut back because of rising costs

    2024-08-07T11:00:00Z

    CANADA: Calgary City Council has scaled back plans for the first phase of its Green Line light rail project, blaming ‘the cost inflation that is impacting all major infrastructure projects across North America’. The change follows work to reduce costs through value engineering, design optimisation and ...

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    Canada Public Transit Fund aims to boost public transport and housing

    2024-07-25T11:00:00Z

    CANADA: The federal government has launched the Canada Public Transit Fund, a permanent programme which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said aims to transform the delivery of support for public transport by making C$30bn available over the first 10 years. Funding is to be delivered across three ...

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    VIA Rail fleet renewal funding confirmed

    2024-07-15T15:37:00Z

    CANADA: National passenger operator VIA Rail is to begin the competitive procurement of ‘new, comfortable and accessible trains’ for use across the country following the confirmation of government funding. The latest funding under the 2024 budget follows from that announced in 2018 which enabled the procurement ...

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    Detroit to acquire peoplemover cars from Toronto

    2024-06-27T05:00:00Z

    USA: Municipal officials in Detroit have approved funding for Detroit Transportation Corp to replace its fleet of automated peoplemover cars with vehicles from Toronto.

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    Chinese coaches enter service in Montréal

    2024-06-26T15:00:00Z

    CANADA: Montréal regional transport authority Exo put its first CRRC-built double-deck commuter rail coaches into revenue service on the Saint-Jérôme route on June 25, following a launch run on June 21. 

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    North American Rail Solutions expands capabilities with Canadian acquisition

    2024-06-25T13:00:00Z

    CANADA: US railway design, construction, maintenance and operating services company North American Rail Solutions has acquired Tri Innovations Consulting Ltd of Calgary. Tri Innovations Consulting provides feasibility study, detailed design and engineering, supply chain management, project management, construction and fabrication management, commissioning and operations support services ...

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    CN launches fire-fighting trains to protect supply chains from wildfires

    2024-06-18T15:00:00Z

    CANADA: Canadian National has created fire-fighting trains named ‘Trident’ and ‘Neptune’ which are designed to enable a significant amount of water and fire suppression capacity to reach isolated areas. The two trains are in addition to ‘Poseidon’, which was developed as a proof-of-concept. All three will ...