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The rail lines CBNS operates were previously owned by the Canadian National Railway. CBNS began operations in 1994 after the rail lines was purchased in October 1993 by the holding company RailTex. The purchase and operation of this route made CBNS one of the first short line railways to operate a route previously owned by a Canadian Class I ...
3 light rail lines Ion: Waterloo Region: Grand River Transit: 1 light rail line Montreal Metro: Montreal, Laval, and Longueuil: Societé de Transport de Montréal: 4 heavy rail metro lines (running on tires) O-Train: Ottawa: OC Transpo: 2 light rail lines Toronto Subway: Toronto and Vaughan: Toronto Transit Commission: 3 heavy rail metro lines ...
Via Rail Canada operates equipment dating back as far as 1947 [4] on all its routes, notably featuring Park cars built by Canadian Pacific Railway on The Canadian, The Ocean, the Jasper-Prince Rupert train, and the Winnipeg-Churchill train.
A map of Via Rail routes, showing the frequency of Via trains on it. Via operates in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. The only province or territory connected to the continental railway network and not served by Via is the Northwest Territories.
The exceptions to this are small lines isolated from the main North American rail network used in resource industries such as mining or forestry, some of which are narrow gauge, and the streetcar and heavy-rail subway lines of the Toronto Transit Commission which use a broad gauge of 4 ft 10 + 7 ⁄ 8 in (1,495 mm).
Electrification will be in place from Bramalea to Union Station, with trains running every 15 minutes along the electrified line throughout the day. [26] 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]
The Waterloo Junction Railway (WJR) is a short line railway in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It runs northward from the former Grand Trunk Railway (GTR) North Main Line in downtown Kitchener, through Waterloo and St. Jacobs before terminating in Elmira. It is currently owned by the City of Waterloo and operated by CN as the Waterloo ...
Unlike light rail, the majority of the ten routes operate in mixed traffic and all make frequent stops. Three routes operate in a dedicated right-of-way: 510 Spadina running between Spadina station and Union station. 509 Harbourfront running between Union station and Exhibition Place via Queens Quay station.