The federal government is putting C$500,000 into a Victoria–Langford rail study on Vancouver Island, joining C$523,100 from the Capital Regional District for work on potentially restoring rail service.
VIA Rail Train 641, launched in 2024 with an 8:48 a.m. arrival in Toronto, is withdrawn from October 25, and the early-morning alternative, Train 41, will arrive at 9:37 a.m.
Alto's farmland compensation for the Quebec City–Toronto high-speed rail line would pay affected owners more than three times the market value of land acquired, up to about 350%, Radio-Canada reported.
Alstom’s AI research program with three Quebec universities will test manufacturing tools at its La Pocatière plant, which on 3 September was assigned carbody work for VIA Rail’s 313-car order.
Jacobs will support VIA Rail fleet renewal through delivery of 45 Stadler locomotives and 313 Alstom passenger cars, which are due to enter commercial service between 2029 and 2035.
In Canada, Alto land acquisition has begun with the purchase of a first strategic plot as the high-speed rail corporation prepares to procure property appraisal services.
Metrolinx put a steeper graduated penalty structure into force on 8 September 2026, and the new GO Transit fare evasion fines start at $200 for a first offence — nearly six times the $35 the operator had charged since 2022. The same schedule applies to UP Express, the airport service linking Union Station and Toronto Pearson.
Canada’s VIA Rail fleet renewal will bring 313 Alstom passenger cars to long-distance, regional and remote routes under an agreement worth approximately C$4.7 billion, including support.
Edmonton construction delays linked to record summer rainfall are affecting LRT projects, road upgrades and land development across the city, while the municipality faces an estimated $42 million in public-sector losses that are not expected to be covered by insurance.
Ontario Line trains ordered by the provincial government could become more expensive if Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods are still in force when the driverless electric vehicles cross the border into Toronto.
REM free parking spaces are being expanded by converting more than 1,000 paid spaces following a review of actual parking usage conducted more than nine months after the Deux-Montagnes branch opened.
CANADA: CPKC signal and communications workers are back on the job, but the CPKC arbitration process expected to resolve their outstanding contract dispute still has no publicly identified arbitrator, timetable or disclosed scope.
