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It is located at milepoint 9.7 on the CN Halton Subdivision. [2] The yard services CN's own intermodal units, as well perform local switcher or transfer cars to other trains. The yard is also connected with MacMillan Yard. [3] Located next to Malport is the Jet Fuel Rail Offloading, Storage and Distribution Facility.
Containers are ferried by rail to the interchange area or loaded directly onto trains. [1] An average of about 45 trains operate per week. As of 2015, the railway has a maintenance team of about 20 people, working 365 days a year. The railway handles about 60 to 80 trains per week over the 100 km of track, with 168 switch points to be maintained.
Canadian National Railway's Kingston Subdivision, or Kingston Sub for short, is a major railway line connecting Toronto with Montreal that carries the majority of CN traffic between these points. The line was originally the main trunk for the Grand Trunk Railway between these cities, although there has been some realignment of the route between ...
MacMillan Yard (CN, Hump Yard) Brampton Intermodal Terminal (CN, Intermodal) Lambton/West Toronto Yards (CPKC, Marshalling) CPR Parkdale Yard (ex-CVR 1871–1883/ex-CPR 1883-1890s, marshalling and repair yards, closed and removed mid 1980s) Willowbrook Rail Maintenance Facility (GO Transit facility, ex-CN Mimico Yard, current Willowbrook Yard)
MONTREAL/WINNIPEG (Reuters) - Thousands of workers at Canada's largest railway went on strike for the first time in a decade on Tuesday, disrupting the shipping of commodities and sparking calls ...
The Canadian National Railways (CNR) was incorporated on June 6, 1919, comprising several railways that had become bankrupt and fallen into Government of Canada hands, along with some railways already owned by the government. Primarily a freight railway, CN also operated passenger services until 1978, when they were assumed by Via Rail.
Heavy rail: System: Canadian National Railway: Services: Kitchener Sarnia–Toronto Corridor: Operator(s) Canadian National Railway (freight) GO Transit (commuter rail) Via Rail (intercity rail) Technical; Line length: 49.4 mi (79.5 km) Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge
CN Rail owns a 19-kilometre (12 mi) segment of the line between Georgetown and Bramalea that will be bypassed by a 30-kilometre (19 mi) track to which freight traffic will be shunted. [27] Once completed, Metrolinx will acquire the track segment between Bramalea and Georgetown. [27]