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FAQs: Railway Third Party Liability Insurance Coverage Regulations
1. What is the purpose of these regulations? The Railway Third Party Liability Insurance Coverage Regulations set out the requirements that must be met in order for a railway company to be in possession of adequate third party liability insurance coverage. 2. What are the key elements of these...
Web page | 2014-12-23
Passenger Terminal Accessibility
Purpose of this Code of Practice The purpose of this Code is to provide a minimum level of accessibility for passenger terminals across Canada and to further improve the accessibility of terminals for persons with disabilities on a systemic basis as they use the federal transportation system. The...
Publication | 2007-01-02
Removing Communication Barriers for Travellers with Disabilities: Code of Practice
Purpose of this Code This Code contains accessibility standards developed to improve the communication of transportation-related information for persons with disabilities on a systemic basis as they use the federal transportation network. While this Code focuses on the information needs of...
Publication | 2016-03-31
Insurance Requirements for Federally Regulated Freight Railway Companies - Implementation guide
Part 1 - Insurance Requirements - Background and Features 1.1 Purpose The purpose of this guide is to assist stakeholders to understand and comply with the new insurance requirements under the Safe and Accountable Rail Act (SARA) and to inform them about the process that the Canadian...
Publication | 2016-06-15
Complaints about rail noise and vibration
What types of rail noise and vibration complaints can the Agency help with? The Canada Transportation Act authorizes the Agency to resolve complaints about noise and vibration related to construction or operations by: federal freight railways or public passenger service providers (including ...
Web page | 2021-02-08
Complaints about work done by railway companies for safety reasons
Types of disputes we can help with According to section 24 of the RSA, the Governor in Council can make regulations restricting specific activities on land adjoining the land on which the railway is situated, where those activities may threaten safe railway operations. These regulations may...
Web page | 2016-08-26
Disputes about the construction of a railway line across another railway line
Types of disputes we can help with Under section 99 (Part III) of the Canada Transportation Act, if the parties are unable to reach an agreement respecting a railway crossing, the party proposing to construct the crossing may apply to the Agency. The Agency may authorize the construction of the...
Web page | 2016-08-26
Disputes about charges and associated terms and conditions
Types of disputes we  can help with Sometimes railway companies charge shippers for specific activities performed over and above the service to be provided upon payment of the rate, such as: demurrage (taking longer than permitted to load or unload a railcar); cleaning and storing railcars;...
Web page | 2016-08-26
Disputes about public passenger service providers’ use of railway lines and other assets
Types of disputes we can help with Whenever a public passenger serv­ice provider and a railway company are unable to agree in respect of any matter raised in the context of the negotiation of any agreement concerning the use of the railway company’s railway, land, equipment, facilities or services...
Web page | 2016-08-26
Disputes about running rights and joint track usage
Types of disputes we can help with A railway company can apply to the Agency for the right to run its trains over the tracks of any other federal railway company when no negotiated agreement exists. For more information about running rights and joint track usage, read section 138 of the Canada...
Web page | 2016-08-26

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