Transport Canada has taken the first steps to ensure major freight railways in the country deploy enhanced train control, a safety technology that tracks the distances between trains.
Enhanced train control would be Canada’s version of what is called positive train control (PTC) in the U.S., where the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 requires certain freight and passenger railroads — including the American operations of Canadian Pacific (NYSE: CP) and CN (NYSE: CNI) — to install the...
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