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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.
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)
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.
[19]: 10 In September 2014, it purchased the 53 kilometres (33 mi) of track from Georgetown to Kitchener from CN for $76 million. [ 20 ] In 2019, Metrolinx conducted a series of public forums on electrification of the Kitchener line from Georgetown to Kitchener, in a change from its earlier Regional Express Rail plan, which had called for ...
About 3,000 unionized workers of Canadian National Railway <CNR.TO>, including conductors and yardmen, hit picket lines after both sides failed to resolve contract issues at a time of softening ...
In a project jointly funded by the cities of Mississauga and Brampton, CN, and Metrolinx, Torbram Road, a major four-lane collector road connecting Brampton and Malton, would have its level crossings with both the Halton and Weston subdivisions eliminated in favour of subway underpasses under both rail lines. The total cost of the project was ...
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada's freight rail network could come to a grinding halt this week, inflicting a huge economic toll after the country's two largest railroad operators on Sunday issued lockout ...
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.