MAJOR construction works on Vancouver's Skytrain Evergreen Line are set to begin by the end of the month after the provincial government of British Columbia signed a finance-design-build contract for the $C 1.4bn ($US 1.39bn) project with the EGRT consortium, which is led by SNC-Lavalin.
PLANS to construct one of the world's most northerly railways have faltered because of difficulties in securing finance for the Mary River iron-ore mine on Baffin Island.
NORTH America's two largest shortline and regional rail operators are set to begin merging their operations after the United States Surface Transportation Board (STB) approved Genesee & Wyoming's (GWI) application to take control of the assets of RailAmerica from December 28.
THE CITY of Ottawa announced on December 5 that it will recommend the Rideau Transit Group consortium as preferred bidder for the contract to design, build, finance, and maintain the city's first modern light rail line, which will be named the Confederation Line.
CANADIAN Pacific Railway announced on December 4 that it will invite expressions of interest this month from 'prospective partners' for the western section of the former Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) railway, which the Class 1 acquired in 2008.
GREATER Toronto and Hamilton area transport authority Metrolinx and Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) signed an agreement on November 28 outlining plans for construction of four light rail lines in Canada's largest city.
Light rail is experiencing a renaissance in cities throughout Canada with various new lines planned and some currently under construction, as Kevin Smith discovers.
THE Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, has issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) for a design, build, finance, operate and maintain public-private partnership contract for the initial phase of the region's light rail project.
GREATER Vancouver transport authority Translink has selected a consortium led by SNC-Lavalin as preferred bidder for the contract to finance, design, and build the $C 1.4bn ($US 1.43bn) Skytrain Evergreen Line.
THE University of Alberta has formally launched the Canadian Rail Research Laboratory, a partnership which aims to address some of the most pressing technical challenges facing North America's railways.