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Freight railways by province [ ]
National [ ]
Name
Reporting marks [1]
Locale
Ownership
Notes
Canadian National Railway
CN
British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia
Publicly traded corporation
Canadian Pacific Railway
CP
British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec
Publicly traded corporation
Multiple provinces [ ]
Name
Reporting marks [2]
Locale
Ownership
Notes
Bloom Lake Railway
N/A
Bloom Lake Mine to WLR junction
Cliffs Natural Resources
Operates in Quebec and Labrador; privately owned, not a common carrier; operated under contract by Genesee & Wyoming
BNSF Railway
BNSF
Vancouver to US border (Washington State), Saskatchewan border
Berkshire Hathaway
Major US railway with small section of directly owned operations in British Columbia and Saskatchewan
CSX Transportation
CSXT
Sarnia, ON to Sombra, ON
CSX Corporation
Major US railway with small section of direct operations in Ontario
Knob Lake and Timmins Railway
KLT
Schefferville to Iron Mines on the Québec/Labrador border
Genesee & Wyoming
Operates in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Nipissing Central Railway
NCR
Swastika, ON to
Rouyn-Noranda, QC
Ontario Northland Railway
Ontario Northland Railway
ONT
North Bay to Hearst, Moosonee , or Rouyn-Noranda
Ontario Northland Transportation Commission , a governmental entity
Operates in Ontario and Quebec. Also carries passengers
Ottawa Valley Railway
OVR
Sudbury to Témiscaming
Genesee & Wyoming
Operates in Ontario and Quebec
Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway
QNSL
Sept-Îles to Wabush
Iron Ore Company of Canada
Operates in Quebec and Labrador; private service, not a common carrier
Tshiuetin Rail Transportation
TSH
Schefferville to QNSF junction
First nations owned
Operates in Newfoundland and Labrador. Also carries passengers.
Alberta [ ]
Name
Reporting marks
Locale
Ownership
Notes
[3]
APXX
Big Valley and Botha to Canadian Pacific West Stettler Junction
Alberta Prairie Steam Tours Ltd. Private Company Shortline Freight
The oldest of all the privately owned shortlines in Alberta. Former Canadian Pacific Lacombe Subdivision and former Canadian National Stettler Subdivisions. Primary markets are grains, fertilizer, rail car storage and passenger train day trips.
Battle River Railway [4]
Alliance to Canadian National Camrose Junction
Battle River Railway New Generation Co-operative Cooperative Shortline Freight
Forty Mile Rail [5]
FMRX
Stirling to Foremost
Cooperative Shortline Freight
Former Canadian Pacific Stirling Subdivision. The Primary market for Forty Mile Rail's services is expected to be grain and pulse production. Future potential may include oil movement and other non-grain products.
Mackenzie Northern Railway
RLGN
Alberta to Northwest Territories
Canadian National Railway (2006)
British Columbia [ ]
Name
Reporting marks [6]
Locale
Ownership
Notes
BC Rail
BCOL
Surrey to Roberts Bank Superport
Provincially owned
Terminal railway that is the last publicly managed portion of a formerly large scale system; the BC government still technically owns the North Vancouver to Prince George line, although it is leased to and managed by CN
Englewood Railway
ER-WFP
Woss to Beaver Cove
Western Forest Products
Privately owned; not a common carrier
Grand Forks Railway Inc.
GFR
Grand Forks to Grand Forks Jct.
International Forest Products Ltd. d.b.a. "Interfor" and Regional District of Kootenay Boundary
Kelowna Pacific Railway
KPR
Kelowna/Lumby to Kamloops
KnightHawk Rail Ltd.
Fallen Flag. Went into receivership in 2013. Ownership of infrastructure reverted to CNR. As of Nov 2015 the Coldstream to Kelowna portion was abandoned and torn up.
Kettle Falls International Railway
KFR
Laurier, WA to Grand Forks & Carson and Waneta to Columbia Gardens
OmniTRAX
Majority of the line's trackage is contained in the US
NFTS
Columbia Gardens to Park Siding
Atco Wood Products
Southern Railway of British Columbia
SRY
Vancouver to Chilliwack
URS Corporation
Southern Railway of Vancouver Island
SVI
Victoria to Courtenay
URS Corporation
Manitoba [ ]
New Brunswick [ ]
Newfoundland and Labrador [ ]
Nova Scotia [ ]
Ontario [ ]
Quebec [ ]
Saskatchewan [ ]
Freight railways with trackage rights only [ ]
Name
Reporting marks [17]
Locale
Ownership
Notes
Maine Central Railroad
MEC
US border (Maine) to Saint John, NB
Pan Am Railways
US railway with trackage rights over New Brunswick Southern line
Norfolk Southern Railway
NS
US border (Michigan) to Windsor, ON; or US border (New York) to Niagara Falls, ON
Publicly traded corporation
Major US railway with brief trackage rights over Canadian Pacific (Windsor) and Canadian National (Fort Erie to Niagara Falls) lines
New England Central Railroad
NECR
US border (Vermont) to Quebec City via Montreal
RailAmerica
US railway with trackage rights over Canadian National line
Union Pacific Railroad
UP
US border (Washington) to Vancouver
Publicly traded corporation
Major US railway with trackage rights over BNSF line
Passenger railways [ ]
Name
Reporting marks [18]
Locale
Ownership
Notes
Capital Railway
CR
Ottawa
City of Ottawa
The Trillium Line is a federally regulated rail line operated under the name "Capital Railway"
Trains de banlieue EXO
EXO
Greater Montreal
Exo , a provincial entity
3 commuter routes with trackage rights over CP lines, 2 commuter routes with trackage rights over CN lines, 1 owned
GO Transit
GOT
Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area
Metrolinx , a provincial entity
3 commuter routes with trackage rights over CN lines, 1 commuter route with trackage rights over CP lines, 2 owned and operated commuter lines
Ontario Northland Railway
ONT
Cochrane ON to Moosonee ON
Ontario Northland Transportation Commission , a provincial crown agency
1 active route on owned tracks
Rocky Mountaineer
RMRX
Vancouver or Calgary to Banff, Jasper, and Whistler
Armstrong Group
3 tour routes operating over CN tracks, 1 tour route operating over CP tracks
Via Rail
VIA
British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia
Federally owned
Operates 9 routes (the most major of which has 7 variations), mainly along CP and CN tracks
West Coast Express
BCVX
Mission to Vancouver
TransLink , a provincial entity
1 commuter route with trackage rights over CP line
Urban rail transit [ ]
Name
Locale
Ownership
Notes
CTrain
Calgary
Calgary Transit
2 light rail lines
Edmonton LRT
Edmonton
Edmonton Transit Service
2 light rail lines
Ion
Waterloo Region
Grand River Transit
1 light rail line
Montreal Metro
Montreal, Laval, and Longueuil
Societé de Transport de Montréal
4 heavy rail metro lines (running on tires)
O-Train
Ottawa
OC Transpo
2 light rail lines
Toronto Subway
Toronto and Vaughan
Toronto Transit Commission
3 heavy rail metro lines and 1 light metro line
Toronto Streetcar System
Toronto
Toronto Transit Commission
11 streetcar lines
Vancouver SkyTrain
Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Surrey, Richmond
TransLink
3 light metro lines
Heritage railways [ ]
Defunct railways [ ]
Main article: List of historic BC Narrow Gauge railways
Notes and references [ ]
^ Railinc , Search MARKs . Retrieved February 2009.
^ Railinc , Search MARKs . Retrieved February 2009.
^ Alberta Prairie Railway
^ Battle River Railway
^ Forty Mile Railway
^ Railinc , Search MARKs . Retrieved February 2009.
^ Railinc , Search MARKs . Retrieved February 2009.
^ Railinc , Search MARKs . Retrieved February 2009.
^ Railinc , Search MARKs . Retrieved February 2009.
^ Railinc , Search MARKs . Retrieved February 2009.
^ , Wikipedia , 2021-07-18, retrieved 2021-10-05
^ Railinc , Search MARKs . Retrieved February 2013.
^ Railinc , Search MARKs . Retrieved February 2009.
^ "C.F Sartigan" . www.beaucerail.ca . Retrieved 2019-10-25 .
^ Railinc , Search MARKs . Retrieved February 2009.
^ "Great Western Railway Official Website" . Retrieved 2011-12-24 .
^ Railinc , Search MARKs . Retrieved February 2009.
^ Railinc , Search MARKs . Retrieved February 2009.
See also [ ]
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