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Railway Technical Info - Canada

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General Info

Most "heavy rail" passenger operators in Canada, both national and local, are publicly-owned organisations, whose trains in most cases run on the tracks of private companies (mostly CN and CP). These private companies do not themselves usually provide passenger services. Some relatively short sections of line are owned by certain passenger operators, often where they would otherwise have been abandoned by the previous owner. Line ownership can be identified from the Railway Association of Canada's Route Maps.

National

System	Track	Route	Electrification	Comment
heavy rail defaults	standard	bi-di	none

These defaults apply to heavy rail networks throughout Canada. Heavy rail systems are only listed below where there are known variations from these defaults, e.g. electrification.

Regional

System	Track	Route	Electrification	Comment
White Pass & Yukon	3' (914mm)	?	none	international; mainly tourist operation

Montréal, QC

System	Track	Route	Electrification	Comment
suburban heavy rail: Deux Montagnes line	standard	RH	25kV 60Hz AC overhead	formerly 3000V DC overhead
metro	Paris 'MP' type	RH	750V DC third rail

Toronto, ON

System	Track	Route	Electrification
"Subway"	4' 10 7/8" (1495mm)	RH	600V DC third rail
trams	4' 10 7/8" (1495mm)	RH, circles	600V DC overhead
"Scarborough Rapid Transit"	standard	RH	600?V DC third rail (linear induction)

Vancouver, BC

System	Track	Route	Electrification	Comment
SkyTrain: Expo and Millenium Lines	standard	RH	???V DC third rail (linear induction)
SkyTrain: Canada Line	standard	RH	750V DC third rail

Other local systems

System	Track	Route	Electrification	Comment
Calgary, AB: trams	standard	RH	600V DC overhead
Edmonton, AB: trams	standard	RH?	600V DC overhead