Rail
Transport Canada's role in railways include:
- railway safety
- strategies for rail travel accessibility
- safety of federally regulated railway bridges
- Inspecting and testing traffic control signals, grade crossing warning systems
- rail operating rules
- regulations, standards and services for safe transport of dangerous goods
- Canadian Transport Emergency Centre to assist emergency response and handling dangerous goods emergencies
Following allegations by shippers of service level deterioration, on April 7, 2008, the federal government of Canada launched a review of railway freight service within the country. Transport Canada, which is managing the review, plans to investigate the relationships between Canadian shippers and the rail industry, especially with regards to the two largest railroad companies in the country, Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway. The review period is expected to last more than a year and could lead to new regulations for carriers.
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