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.
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.
