No. P 001/10
For release - January 21, 2010
VANCOUVER — Canadian National Railway Company (CN Rail) pled guilty on January 11, 2010, to failing to comply with a July 12, 2007, Notice and Order under the Railway Safety Act. Six other charges against CN under the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, Part 4, were stayed. CN Rail was fined $45,000.
Transport Canada charged CN under the Railway Safety Act for failing to comply with a July 12, 2007, Notice and Order by allowing a train carrying dangerous goods to depart a terminal and operate on main track without being accompanied by an accurate train consist (a list of the order and contents of a specific train).
As the railway regulator, Transport Canada is responsible under the Railway Safety Act for promoting, monitoring and enforcing compliance with existing rules and regulations. The department has a regular inspection program in place, as well as a mechanism to audit railway infrastructure, equipment and methods of operation to ensure that rail companies comply with the Railway Safety Act.
Canada has one of the safest and largest rail networks in the world with 48,000 kilometres of track and over 40,000 railway crossings. Transport Canada takes very seriously any incident or accident that affects the transportation system.
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