Canadian National earmarks C$500 million for the Western region

Canadian National Railway Company (CN) has embarked on a C$500 million multi-year capital investment program for infrastructure improvements to its Western Canada feeder rail lines in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. These lines, CN said, quoted by railwayage.com ,“are handling rising volumes of industrial products, natural resources and energy-related commodities. Major investments in Western Canada are designed to increase the capacity and safety of our rail infrastructure and to allow the company to continue to grow at low incremental cost in support of Canada’s trade. We continue to see rising freight volumes in Western Canada, which have increased by more than 50% in the past five years. Given this growth, we’ve also invested significantly in our Edmonton-Winnipeg main line corridor, installing sections of double track, extending sidings to accommodate longer more efficient trains, and improving major classification yards.”