Editing Transportation in Canada (section)

==Railways==
[[Image:Eastbound over SCB.jpg|thumb|right|A CPR freight train in [[Rogers Pass (British Columbia)|Rogers Pass]]]]{{See also|Canadian National Railway|Canadian Pacific Railway|Via Rail}}
{{Further|Rail transport in Canada|History of rail transport in Canada}}
<!--See the 1940 Canada year book page 635-638 for railway history, also Page 616-612 1922 to 1923 Yearbook, Pages 601 to 601 of the 1926 Yearbook and Pages 694 to 698 of the 1934 to 1935 Yearbook. -->In 2007, Canada had a total of {{convert|72212|km|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/trad47a.htm |title=Rail transportation, length of track operated for freight and passenger transportation, by province and territory |access-date=March 13, 2009 |author=Statistics Canada |work=statcan.ca |publisher=Statistics Canada |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004214148/http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/trad47a.htm |archive-date=October 4, 2008 }}</ref> of freight and passenger railway, of which {{convert|31|km|abbr=on}} is electrified.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} While intercity passenger transportation by rail is now very limited, freight transport by rail remains common. Total revenues of rail services in 2006 was $10.4&nbsp;billion, of which only 2.8% was from passenger services. In a year are usually earned about $11&nbsp;billion, of which 3.2% is from passengers and the rest from freight. The [[Canadian National Railway]] and [[Canadian Pacific Kansas City]] are Canada's two major freight railway companies, each having operations throughout North America. In 2007, 357&nbsp;billion tonne-kilometres of freight were transported by rail, and 4.33&nbsp;million passengers travelled 1.44&nbsp;billion passenger-kilometres (an almost negligible amount compared to the 491&nbsp;billion passenger-kilometres made in light road vehicles). 34,281 people were employed by the rail industry in the same year.<ref>{{cite web | title = Railway carriers, operating statistics | publisher = Statistics Canada | url = http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/trad46a.htm | access-date = March 26, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080223200711/http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/trad46a.htm |archive-date = February 23, 2008}}</ref>

Nationwide passenger services are provided by the [[Crown corporations of Canada|federal crown corporation]] [[Via Rail]]. VIA Rail has faced criticism for frequent delays, and low speeds compared to peer countries and historical train travel times, such as the records set by the [[UAC TurboTrain|TurboTrain]] during the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'Cunha |first=Patricia |date=2024-01-12 |title=Why are Canada's passenger trains so slow? |url=https://thebigstorypodcast.ca/2024/01/12/why-are-canadas-passenger-trains-so-slow/ |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=CityNews Toronto}}</ref>

Three Canadian cities have [[commuter rail]] services: in the [[Montreal]] area by [[Exo commuter rail|Exo]], in the [[Toronto]] area by [[GO Transit]], and in the [[Vancouver]] area by [[West Coast Express]]. Smaller railways such as [[Ontario Northland Railway|Ontario Northland]], [[Rocky Mountaineer]], and [[Algoma Central Railway|Algoma Central]] also run passenger trains to remote rural areas.

In Canada railways are served by [[standard gauge]], {{RailGauge|ussg}}, rails. See also [[track gauge in Canada]].

Canada has railway links with the lower 48 US States, but no connection with Alaska, although a line has been proposed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alaskacanadarail.org |title=AlaskaCanadaRail.org |publisher=AlaskaCanadaRail.org |date=July 1, 2005 |access-date=February 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117104414/http://www.alaskacanadarail.org/ |archive-date=January 17, 2013}}</ref> There are no other international rail connections.