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Canadian government provides more than $13 million for Ontario rail safety projects

By Trains Staff | March 8, 2024

Money funds 112 projects for grade crossings, other measures

MARKHAM, Ontario — The Canadian government is providing more than C$13.5 million for 112 rail safety projects in the Toronto and Hamilton areas, as well as other regions of Ontario, Minister of Transport Pablo Rodriguez and Member of Parliament Paul Chiang announced Thursday, March 7, at the former Unionville station in Markham.

The funding is under the Rail Safety Improvement Program, which addresses safety at grade crossings and elsewhere along rail lines; supports research study and new technology pilot projects, and funds safety outreach and awareness initiatives.

The announcement in Markham highlighted a dozen projects in that community, such as a nearly C$280,000 grade crossing improvement project at Main Street Unionville where pedestrian gates, fencing, and other protective measures have been added.

“We’re investing to improve the safety of Canadians, especially those who work and live along our railway lines,” Rodriguez said in a press release. “The projects we’re funding in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas and across Ontario will keep our communities safe and our railway systems efficient.”

The Rail Safety Improvement Program has funded more than 1,000 projects with a total value of more than $230 million since its inception in 2016.

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Union Pacific to launch new domestic intermodal service between Southern California and Chicago

By Bill Stephens | March 8, 2024

The service will link the Inland Empire intermodal terminal with Global 2 in Chicago

A short Union Pacific intermodal train heads east across Sherman Hill on Aug. 31, 2022. David Lassen

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OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific will launch domestic intermodal service between its Inland Empire terminal in California and its Global 2 terminal in Chicago on April 1.

“This service will provide access from the Los Angeles Basin’s busiest warehouse district direct to the heart of the Chicago metro, supplementing existing service between IEIT and Global 4,” UP said in a customer advisory this week.

The service between the Inland Empire and both Global 2 and Global 4 will be available to all domestic container shippers, the railroad says.

UP is offering priority service with four-day transit times eastbound and six-day transit times westbound, and standard service featuring six-day transit times. The services will run daily.

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