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Canadian Pacific Railway has added six branch lines to its list of abandonment candidates as part of an update to the railroad’s three-year network plan.
The candidates are a 62.8-mile line between Rathwell and Page, Manitoba; 3.7-mile line between Aldersyde and High River, Alberta; and an 82.5-mile line between Stoughton and Whitmore, 53.8-mile line between Mossbank Junction and Hodgeville, 28.1-mile line between Luseland and Macklin, and 17.1-mile line between Hatton and Golden Prairie, Saskatechewan.
Registering the lines in the three-year network plan is the first step in a federally mandated process for discontinuing lines. Under Canada Transportation Act provisions, lines slated for abandonment must first be offered for sale to short lines and then to governments before a railroad can abandon a branch. Unless new rail operators are found, CPR will be allowed to abandon the lines.
8/25/2006
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CPR cites six branch lines as abandonment candidates
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Canadian Pacific Railway has added six branch lines to its list of abandonment candidates as part of an update to the railroad’s three-year network plan.
The candidates are a 62.8-mile line between Rathwell and Page, Manitoba; 3.7-mile line between Aldersyde and High River, Alberta; and an 82.5-mile line between Stoughton and Whitmore, 53.8-mile line between Mossbank Junction and Hodgeville, 28.1-mile line between Luseland and Macklin, and 17.1-mile line between Hatton and Golden Prairie, Saskatechewan.
Registering the lines in the three-year network plan is the first step in a federally mandated process for discontinuing lines. Under Canada Transportation Act provisions, lines slated for abandonment must first be offered for sale to short lines and then to governments before a railroad can abandon a branch. Unless new rail operators are found, CPR will be allowed to abandon the lines.
