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Purpose of this Code
This Code contains accessibility standards developed to improve the communication of transportation-related information for persons with disabilities on a systemic basis as they use the federal transportation network.
While this Code focuses on the information needs of...
Publication | 2016-03-31
How to create an agreement
The parties involved in constructing a railway line across another railway line may negotiate any aspect of a crossing.
When negotiating an agreement the parties may want to consider the following items:
location of the crossing;
a description of the project;
the...
Web page | 2016-03-30
Purpose
This document explains noise and vibration from idling locomotives, including:
reasons why locomotives idle
characteristics of noise and vibration from idling locomotives
potential ways of managing noise and vibration impacts
It was developed by the Canadian Transportation Agency's...
Publication | 2016-03-30
Interswitching is an operation performed by railway companies (carriers) where one carrier performs the pickup of cars from a customer (shipper) and hands off these cars to another carrier that performs the “line haul” (the majority of the linear distance of the overall railway movement). The...
Web page | 2016-03-11
Montreal, Quebec
Agence métropolitaine de transport
Client Services
514-287- 8726
Calgary, Alberta
Calgary Transit
Customer Service
403-262-1000
Edmonton, Alberta
Edmonton Transit System
Customer Service
311 (in Edmonton)
780-442-5311 (outside Edmonton)...
Web page | 2016-03-11
[1] This Appendix describes in detail the methodology and the data sources the Agency will use for making cost of capital determinations for federally-regulated railway companies. Cost of capital determinations are made annually for CN and CP, and as required for other railway companies in...
Web page | 2016-03-11
Over the past year, the Agency has received numerous inquiries from individuals and organizations interested in learning how the list of Grain Dependent Branch Lines (GDBLs) set out in Schedule I of the Canada Transportation Act had been developed. The following description of the process used in...
Web page | 2016-03-11
How to transfer or discontinue a railway line
Under Part III, Division V of the Canada Transportation Act, a federal railway company must take these steps before transferring or discontinuing operations:
provide notice in the company’s three-year plan for at least 12 months of its intention to...
Web page | 2016-03-07