CANADA: VIA Rail has launched co-development of the Dorval Multimodal Hub, a planned integrated station that would bring VIA Rail, exo and the YUL airport shuttle together before construction planned for 2027.
CANADA: ALTO’s preliminary target of up to 24 million annual passengers by 2055 is facing a methodology challenge after Coalition for Better Rail advanced much lower alternative ridership estimates.
CANADA: CN and CPKC closed the 2025–26 crop year with separate grain movement records, reporting more than 33.8 million and 30.66 million metric tons, respectively.
CANADA: A new federal program will rebate 50% of eligible rail and marine freight costs for Canadian steel, with up to $100 million available until funding is exhausted.
CANADA: CN is expanding Western Canada rail capacity while supporting more than 300 customer development projects across its North American network, pairing completed and planned infrastructure work with a growing customer pipeline.
CANADA: Metrolinx has awarded a CAD 4.32 billion target-price contract for Toronto’s Ontario Line Pape section, covering three kilometres of twin tunnels, two underground stations and integration with the existing Line 2 subway.
CANADA: Construction has started at Lawrence and McCowan Station, where Toronto’s Scarborough Subway Extension is planned to handle 5,290 riders in the busiest hour and 4,480 daily bus transfers.
CANADA: Edmonton will add eight Hyundai Rotem high-floor LRVs to its order, taking the procurement to 40 vehicles as the city prepares to replace Siemens U2 cars that have served for more than 45 years.
CANADA: The Toronto Ontario Line contract will move a three-kilometre twin-tunnel section into execution, covering Pape and Cosburn stations, two portals and an interchange with TTC Line 2.
CANADA: CPKC moved 30.66 million metric tonnes of Canadian grain and grain products during the 2025–2026 crop year, surpassing its previous annual high by approximately 72,500 tonnes.
CANADA: The federal government will invest CAD 1.95 billion in 45 hybrid locomotives and a Montréal assembly facility to renew VIA Rail’s long-distance, regional and remote fleet.
CANADA: A CPKC train derailment at Regina yard involved two locomotives and about 13 cars, while derailed container cars struck an empty potash consist on an adjacent track.
