Rail transportation

Includes: safe railway crossings; Railway Operating Certificates; reporting rail accidents; rail investigation reports; railway notices and orders; shipping grain.

Services and information

Railway tracks, crossings and bridges

Includes: applying for funding to improve or close a railway crossing; discontinuing/transferring a railway line; constructing/redeveloping a railway line; negotiating a railway-road crossing agreement; designing railway crossings, tracks, bridges, and culverts; requesting a reduction in train whistling.

Operating a federal railway

Includes: information on Railway Operating Certificates and related requirements; Certificates of Fitness; Canadian Rail Operating rules; work/rest and medical rules for employees; regulation of local railway companies.

Requirements for locomotives and railway cars

Includes: inspection and safety rules for locomotives and railway cars; accessibility of passenger cars; air reservoir installation, inspection, and testing rules.

Rail safety actions and enforcement

Includes: Notices and Orders; Emergency Directives; Ministerial Orders.

Shipping grain by rail

Includes: transporting grain by railway cars; fees for transporting grain; statistics regarding rail shipments of grain; applying for a producer car.

Transportation of dangerous goods by rail

Includes: transporting dangerous goods from the United States; TDG regulations - part 10; location of placarded railway vehicles in a train; coupling of railway vehicles.

Railway accidents and investigations

Includes: reporting a railway accident; railway accident investigations; railway accident statistics; railway safety recommendations.

Rail security

Includes: urban rail transit security; security of federally-operated railways.

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Laws and regulations

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