All Canada articles – Page 2

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    Poplar River Mine Railway

    Owned by Prairie Mines & Royalty Ltd, this mine to power station railway hauls coal to the Poplar River generating station near Coronach in southern Saskatchewan. Address PO Box 599Coronach, SK S0H 0Z0CanadaPhone +1 306 267 4200Fax +1 306 267 4201 Email gcooper@westmoreland.com Website www.westmoreland.com ...

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    Wheatland Rail Inc

    Running from a connection with CN at Totzke, east of Saskatoon, northwards to St Louis, the former CN Cudworth subdivision is leased by a group of municipalities. Address Box 32Hoey, SK S0J 1E0CanadaPhone +1 306 422 5401Fax +1 306 422 8520 Email wri@sasktel.net Traffic ...

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    Southern Rails Cooperative Ltd

    This locally-owned co-operative runs from a link with CN at Moose Jaw Junction to Avonlea and Parry, the former CN Avonlea subdivision. Also runs a separate short link from a grain silo to CP at Rockglen, Saskatchewan. Address PO Box 297Avonlea, SK S0H 0C0CanadaPhone +1 306 868 ...

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    Long Creek Railroad Company Inc

    Short line established 2012, it has taken over CP's Bromhead line from Estevan east to Tribune in southeast Saskatchewan, for oil and grain shipments. Address Box 237Torquay, SK S0C 2L0CanadaPhone +1 306 923 0022 Email longcreekrailroad@sasktel.net Gauge: 1435 mm Length: 66 km

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    Sydney Coal Railway

    The former Devco Railway links the Cape Breton & Nova Scotia Railway at Sydney with Caledonia and Lingan. It hauls imported coal from the port of Sydney to a generating station at Lingan for Nova Scotia Power. In 2008 Logistec Corp announced it would reacquire operation of SCR from Quebec ...

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    Roberval & Saguenay Railway Co

    First line opened 1908. Operates two routes linking Arvida near Jonquière with Port Alfred and two branches, and Saguenay Power to Alma (16 km), serving several aluminium plants and other local industries. Address PO Box 1277Jonquière, QC G7S 4K8CanadaPhone +1 418 699 2352Fax +1 418 699 2069 ...

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    Windsor & Hantsport Railway Co Ltd

    This is the former Dominion Atlantic Railway of Canadian Pacific, linking Windsor Junction, Hantsport and Gert Schmidt, which was sold in 1994. Principal traffic is gypsum; also runs tourist trains. Address PO Box 578Windsor, NS B0N 2T0CanadaPhone +1 902 798 0798Fax +1 902 798 0816 Website www.whrail.ca ...

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    New Brunswick & Maine Railways

    Operates three short line railroads: New Brunswick Southern Railway (NBSR), Eastern Maine Railway (EMR) and Maine Northern Railway (MNR). Address 11 Gifford RoadSaint John, NB E2M 4X8CanadaPhone +1 506 632 6314Fax +1 506 632 5818 Email nbm.sales@nbmrailways.com Website www.nbmrailways.com Traffic Gauge: 1435 mm Length: ...

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    Southern Railway of British Columbia

    Owned by The Washington Companies, links New Westminster with Chilliwack, carrying mainly timber, grain and motor cars. Address 2102 River DriveNew Westminster, BC V3M 6S3CanadaPhone +1 604 521 1966Fax +1 604 526 0914 Website www.sryraillink.com Traffic Company size No. of employees: ...

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    St Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad Co/St Lawrence & Atlantic Railroad (Quebec) Inc

    This subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming links Portland, Maine, with Norton, Vermont, running through southwestern Maine and New Hampshire, and thence to Sherbrooke and Sainte-Rosalie (Montreal) in Canada. Principal commodities are paper and forest products. Address 6700 Avenue du Parc - Suite 110Montreal, QC H2V 4H9CanadaPhone +1 ...

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    Translink (Vancouver)

    South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority

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    SkyTrain (Vancouver)

    Opened 1986, network now comprises 3 lines serving 53 stations. See Vancouver network map. This subsidiary of Translink runs the automated light metro line. The first sections of the Expo line opened 1986 (Waterfront – New Westminster), with the Millenium line in 2002 (Braid – Commercial). The Canada Line to ...

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    Trillium Railway

    Operates two switching lines, the Port Colborne Harbour Railway (60 km) and the St Thomas & Eastern (56 km), handling mainly grain, fertiliser, auto parts, chemicals, steel, forest products and non-ferrous metals. AddressPO Box 218265 King StreetPort Colborne, ON L3K 5V8CanadaPhone+1 905 835 2772Fax+1 905 835 8943Websitewww.trilliumrailway.com Network ...

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    Tshiuetin Rail Transportation (TSH)

    Transport Ferroviaire Tshiuetin

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    STM Montréal

    Société de Transport de Montréal (STM)

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    Metrolinx

    This agency of the Government of Ontario was created in 2006 to improve the co-ordination and integration of all modes of transport in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. In 2009, it merged with GO Transit, the operator of Toronto’s regional suburban rail services. The Air Rail Link joined the ...

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    Southern Railway Vancouver Island Ltd (SVI)

    SVI is a subsidiary of Southern Railway of British Columbia, a Washington company, which operates freight services on the former Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway on Vancouver Island. Services are run under contract to the Island Corridor Foundation of regional authorities and First Nations which took over the line from RailAmerica ...

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    Réseau de transport métropolitain - Exo (Montréal)

    From 1 June 2017 the former Agence Métropolitaine de Transport merged with CIT and MRC (the former transport authorities for the north and south shores), to bring together all commuter rail and bus operations within Greater Montréal, and provide assisted mobility services; a single brand name ‘Exo’ was adopted. Montreal ...

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    Quebec North Shore & Labrador Railway Company (QNS&L)

    Opened in 1954 to tap iron ore deposits, the railway links Labrador City with the St Lawrence river at Sept-Iles; it is owned by the Iron Ore Company of Canada, jointly owned by Rio Tinto, Mitsubishi and Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Income Fund. The northern portion of the line from ...