Rail transportation guides

This is a guide for railway companies, road authorities, utility companies and landowners who want or have a railway crossing. It is also for those who are having work done at their crossing. The guide sets out the CTA's assessment of typical costs, which railways may use when billing for work at crossings. The CTA may also use these assessments to resolve a dispute over the bill, if one arises. The guide covers:

• general billing (for building the crossing, maintaining its surface, and unscheduled maintenance);
• billing for the scheduled maintenance of crossing warning systems;
• the different costs and overhead rates covered in a bill (such as labour and materials); and
• the value of crossing warning material that is removed from a crossing but could be re-used elsewhere (salvage value).

See also: Railway Crossings: A Guide and Apportionment of Costs of Grade Separations: A Resource Tool

This is a guide for shippers. It explains:

• shippers' right to railway service in Canada;
• the level of service the railway must provide (adequate and suitable);
• the two ways of getting service terms and a rate (contracts and tariffs);
• the right some shippers have to interswitching (the transfer of freight between two railways) at a regulated rate; and
• shippers' options for resolving disputes about service and rates.

This is a guide for landowners, road authorities, utility companies, and railways that want or have a railway crossing. It explains how to prevent and resolve disputes about building, maintaining, and paying for a crossing. The guide includes:

• information for landowners who want to cross a railway line on or right next to their land, including the two types of such crossings;
• information for road authorities, utility companies and railways about road and utility crossings, including how to create a crossings agreement and give us a copy; and
• how the CTA can help resolve crossings disputes;
• how to ask the CTA for its help, including what information to provide.

See also: Apportionment of Costs of Grade Separations: A Resource Tool and Railway Operation Compensation: A Resource Tool. Railways may also be interested in Railway Crossings of Other Railways: A Resource Tool.

This guide is for railways that want to construct a railway line. It also has information for people who could be affected by the line's construction or operation. The guide explains:

• when and how a railway must apply for CTA approval to construct a line;
• other approvals the railway may need;
• steps the railway must take before it applies (including how it must engage people and Indigenous groups who could be affected);
• what information the railway must include in its application; and
• how the CTA reviews the application and makes a decision.