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.
CANADA: Major construction has begun at the Lawrence and McCowan station in Toronto, advancing the Scarborough Subway Extension toward a second of its three planned stops.
CANADA: Construction has begun on the Broadway-Arbutus development in Vancouver, launching TransLink’s real estate program with 256 rental homes beside the future Millennium Line terminus at Arbutus Station.
CANADA–USA: CN is supporting more than 300 customer development projects across its North American network while advancing CA$2.8 billion in 2026 capital work to expand rail capacity.
CANADA: Lisette is excavating 4.6 kilometres of the Montreal Blue Line extension beneath the city’s east end, with underground tunnelling due to finish in early 2028.
CANADA: CN has set a 30–33 million-tonne grain shipment forecast for the 2026–2027 crop year after recording 10 months of record grain movement across its network.
