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If a person wants to construct or operate a freight or passenger railway under federal jurisdiction, they must apply to the Canadian Transportation Agency for a certificate of fitness.
Before issuing a certificate of fitness, we must be satisfied that rail freight carriers have the minimum volume-...
Web page | 2021-06-09
In Canada, shippers have a right to railway service, and options for resolving service and rate disputes with federally-regulated railway companies (railways). If you are a shipper, here's what you should know.
The railway must give you an adequate and suitable level of service
If you have...
Web page | 2021-03-08
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
The CTA provides a range of tools and guidance documents, namely:
The Maximum Revenue Entitlement: A Guide New
Railway Crossings: A Guide New
Freight Rail Service and Rates: A Guide New
Freight Rail Service And Rates: A Summary New
Guidelines for the Resolution of...
Web page | 2020-12-22
What is a crossing?
A ''crossing'' is a road or other way across a railway line, either at level (grade crossing) or by going underneath or overhead (grade separation).
"Private crossing" means one used by landowners – such as farmers – and "road crossing" usually means one used by the general...
Web page | 2020-11-03
Introduction
As part of its mandate to support the efficiency of Canada's national transportation system, the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) calculates regulated cost of capital rates, which the CTA uses in various rail related determinations – including regulated interswitching and the...
Web page | 2020-09-25
The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) sets the rates for regulated interswitching (within 30 kilometres). We propose improving the way we set these rates and the way they appear on waybills. In this paper, we identify four specific changes that we believe would make the rates simpler, fairer,...
Web page | 2020-08-13
Instructions
If you are a shipper applying for LHI and we accept your application, we will put the application and all supporting documents you send us on the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) public record. This means the information will be available to the public on request, or could be made...
Web page | 2019-10-15
Instructions
If you are a shipper applying for LHI and you want someone from outside your company, who is not a lawyer, to represent you in the LHI adjudication, you must formally authorize that person to be your company's representative. You must also send us the authorization document. You can...
Web page | 2019-10-15
Instructions
As the shipper applying for Long-Haul Interswitching, you must make an undertaking to the Local Carrier. The undertaking is your company's commitment to respect the terms of the LHI order, if you get it. As part of this, you commit to move the traffic with the Local Carrier between...
Web page | 2019-10-15
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