CANADA: Montreal Metro’s 60th anniversary carries a different kind of musical tribute than its 50th. Where the 2016 celebrations centered on a single day of live performances, MUSIQC and the STM built four interactive song maps linking 82 francophone songs to stations across the network, ahead of the anniversary date on Oct. 14.
Canada: CPKC and IBEW binding arbitration will end a strike by approximately 300 signals and communications employees that began May 31, the railway announced on August 21.
CANADA: Montréal's mayor has called for reviving the REM de l'Est, four years after the original rapid transit project was cancelled and Quebec reimbursed CDPQ Infra about C$94 million for its planning work.
CANADA: In-water construction has begun on the roughly C$2.4 billion Port of Montreal expansion, starting with a temporary work jetty for the future Contrecoeur container terminal.
CANADA: The CN hybrid locomotive programme now includes three units under testing, while two more yard locomotives are scheduled for conversion by the end of 2026.
CANADA: SYSTRA Canada has begun a Hudson Bay Railway capacity study to identify infrastructure upgrades needed for heavier trains and growing freight traffic to the Port of Churchill.
CANADA: The Kettle Valley Steam Railway says its train, trestle and track survived the Bald Range wildfire near Summerland, British Columbia, though train service stays suspended while the fire remains active.
CANADA: A rail-anchored industrial park on Calgary's edge just got a federal push meant to move it from blueprints to bulldozers — with backers projecting up to 30,000 jobs and over Ca$7 billion in economic activity over the next decade.
CANADA: The eight additional light rail vehicles Edmonton has ordered from Hyundai Rotem aren't news on their own — Railway Supply reported the same 32-to-40-car expansion last week — but the manufacturer's explanation of why the order landed in Edmonton at all is worth a closer look.
CANADA: A campaign group backing Canada's Alto high-speed rail project is making its case with a number, not a slogan — more than 200 direct flights a day already connect the cities Alto would serve, on top of millions of existing VIA Rail passengers and tens of thousands of daily highway vehicles.
CANADA: Eleven weeks into a strike that has kept about 300 CPKC signal and communications workers off the job, their union says the numbers just got clearer — 89% of members who voted rejected the railway's latest contract offer.
CANADA: A Rideau Lakes citizens’ group has broadened its opposition from one proposed Alto corridor to the high-speed rail project itself, while federal and Alto documents show that Kingston remains only a potential stop and no final Peterborough–Ottawa alignment has been selected.
