Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Network Rail Ltd. was created with the express purpose of taking over Britain's railway infrastructure control; this was achieved via its purchase of Railtrack plc from Railtrack Group plc for £500 million; Railtrack plc was then renamed and reconstituted as Network Rail Infrastructure Limited. [33] The transaction was completed on 3 October 2002.
While the federal government legislates, and regulates through such bodies as Transport Canada, the railways, various provinces have their own legislation, and indeed if the railway is contained exclusively within the province, are governed by it unless the federal government declares it of importance to the entire country. [3]
Rail passenger traffic in Canada declined significantly between World War II and 1960 due to automobiles and airplanes. In the 1960s CN's privately owned rival CPR reduced its passenger services significantly. However, the government-owned CN continued much of its passenger services and marketed new schemes.
Canada Atlantic Railway; Canada Atlantic Transit Company; Canada Atlantic Transit Company of U.S. Canada Eastern Railway; Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Railway; Canadian Airways; Canadian Express Company; Canadian Government Merchant Marine; Canadian Government Railways; Canadian Government Railways Employees' Relief and Insurance ...
The oldest of all the privately owned shortlines in Alberta. Former Canadian Pacific Lacombe Subdivision and former Canadian National Stettler Subdivisions. Primary markets are grains, fertilizer, rail car storage and passenger train day trips.
Canada is the world's second-largest country by area and relies heavily on rail transport. The stoppage is set to cripple shipments of grain, potash and coal while also slowing the transport of ...
UPDATE ― 6:36 p.m. EDT Thursday: The Canadian government announced Thursday afternoon it was ending the work stoppage by ordering the railroads and the union into binding arbitration. Previously
2001 Government purchased the Auckland railway network from Tranz Rail. 2003 The Labour Government took an 80% stake in near-bankrupt national air carrier Air New Zealand in exchange for a large financial infusion. 2004 The rest of the country's rail network is purchased from Toll New Zealand, formerly Tranz Rail. A new state owned enterprise ...