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There’s a new push in Parliament to give passengers priority over freight on Canada’s vast network of rail lines. The Rail Passenger Priority Act seeks to amend the Canada Transportation Act to require railway companies to give passenger trains the right of way or face monetary penalties of up to $250,000 per violation.
MONTREAL - The federal government should move toward giving Via Rail trains formal right of way on the tracks over freight trains, says Via Rail chief executive Mario Péloquin.
'All we can commit right now without those rules is that we'll get people where they want to go -- eventually,' said Via Rail CEO
The massive outage on Canadian National Railway Co. lines that delayed thousands of Toronto-area commuters during rush hour Tuesday was caused by a software upgrade, CN says.
MONTREAL — The massive outage on Canadian National Railway Co. lines that delayed thousands of Toronto-area commuters during the evening rush hour Tuesday can be traced to a software upgrade, the company says.