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Transport Canada > Media Room > Backgrounders

RAILWAY CROSSING FACTS

  • Transport Canada has a permanent safety inspection program to monitor railway crossings and compliance with standards under the Railway Safety Act, and to identify areas for improvement.
  • The Transport Canada grade crossing improvement program contributes approximately $7.5 million over the course of each year to improve safety at rail crossings across Canada. Funding decisions are based on pre-established regional accident and serious injury criteria over a five-year period, and funding is allocated to various regions at different times of the year.
  • Although rail-related accident rates and crossing fatalities have decreased over the last 10 years, improving safety at rail crossings is one of Transport Canada's top priorities, as accidents at crossings account for almost half of the railway-related deaths and injuries each year.
  • There were 248 crossing collisions across Canada in 2003. These accidents resulted in a total of 26 fatalities and 51 serious injuries.
  • Passenger trains travel at speeds of up to 160 km/h and freight trains can reach 105 km/h.
  • It can take a train more than one minute to come to a complete stop. For example, in perfect weather, an 88 car freight train weighing 13,000 tonnes and travelling 96 km/h would cover about two kilometres before stopping.
  • In addition to funding up to 80 per cent of improvements to eligible crossings, Transport Canada works with the Railway Association of Canada on Operation Lifesaver, a public education program.
  • Transport Canada also participates in Direction 2006, a partnership among all levels of government, railway companies and unions with a goal of reducing grade crossing collisions and trespassing incidents by 50 per cent by the year 2006.

October 2004

PROVINCE LOCATION ROAD IMPROVEMENT FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION
British Columbia Abbotsford McCallum Road Flashing lights, bells, gates and constant warning time device $205,040
British Columbia Chilliwack McGrath Road Gates $120,320
British Columbia Chilliwack Nevin Road Gates $69,360
British Columbia Langley 96th Avenue Flashing lights, bells and gates $127,040
Alberta Canyon Creek Seppola Drive Stick circuit timers $712
Alberta Donnelly Highway 2 Stick circuit timers $712
Alberta Girouxville Secondary Highway 44 Stick circuit timers $712
Alberta Hawkhills Secondary Road 692 Stick circuit timers $712
Alberta High Level Highway 35 Stick circuit timers $712
Alberta High Level Highway 58 Stick circuit timers $712
Alberta High Prairie 48th Street Stick circuit timers $712
Alberta High Prairie Highway 2 Stick circuit timers $712
Alberta Hotchkiss Highway 35 Stick circuit timers $712
Alberta Joussard Highway 2 Stick circuit timers $712
Alberta Kemp River Highway 35 Stick circuit timers $712
Alberta Kenzie Highway 2 Stick circuit timers $712
Alberta Lacombe Highway 12 Constant warning time device and advance pre-emption $117,600
Alberta Lloydminster 52nd Avenue Flashing lights, bells, gates, and motion sensing device $128,000
Alberta Marie-Reine Secondary Road 744 Stick circuit timers $712
Alberta Meikle River Highway 36 Stick circuit timers $712
Alberta Mitsue Highway 2 Stick circuit timers $712
Alberta Mitsue Highway 2A Stick circuit timers $712
Alberta Penhold Springbrook Road Gates and motion sensing device $176,800
Alberta Slave Lake Highway 88 Stick circuit timers $712
Alberta Slave Lake Main Street Stick circuit timers $712
Alberta Slavey Creek Highway 35 Stick circuit timers $712
Alberta Tofield Range Road 191 Flashing lights, bells, gates and constant warning time device $206,320
Northwest Territories Enterprise Highway 1 Stick circuit timers $712
Saskatchewan Watrous Municipal Road Crossing relocation $9,480
Saskatchewan Watrous Municipal Road Automated warning system, constant warning time device and gates $209,120
Manitoba Anola Monominto Road Flashing lights, bells, gates and grade crossing predictor $166,880
Manitoba Anola Stoneridge Road Flashing lights, bells, gates and grade crossing predictor $231,680
Manitoba Carberry Highway 5 Gates and constant warning time device $211,200
Manitoba Dauphin Highway 5 and Highway 10 (Main Street) Interconnection and backup battery $77,838
Manitoba Dauphin Highway 5 and Highway 10 (Main Street) Gates and constant warning time device $198,240
Manitoba La Broquerie Rue Principale Diversion Road $203,120
Manitoba Lorette Provincial Road 206 Gates and motion sensing device $136,480
Manitoba Lorette Station Road Flashing lights, bells, gates and grade crossing predictors $231,680
Manitoba MacGregor Pathead Road Flashing lights, bells, gates and grade crossing predictors $221,440
Manitoba Pipun (Wabowden) Highway 373 Two flashing light signals, bell and AC/DC-type track circuits $131,140
Manitoba Ste-Rita Ducharme Road Flashing lights, bells, gates and grade crossing predictors $144,800
Manitoba Winnipeg Highway 100 Active advance warning signals $88,395
Manitoba Winnipeg Highway 100 Four gates, constant warning time device and advance pre-emption $244,000
Manitoba Winnipeg McGillivary Boulevard Four gates, cantilever, bells, back lights and constant warning time device $286,480
Ontario Alexandria St. Michael Street Short arm gates $114,480
Ontario Bala (Township Muskoka Lakes) Gordon Street Extra flashing light units and gates $138,960
Ontario Barwick Main Street Gates and grade crossing predictors $228,080
Ontario Bothwell Road 6 Flashing lights, bells and gates $190,455
Ontario Brantford Hardy Road Flashing lights and grade crossing predictors $60,772
Ontario Brantford Stanley Street Lights, light-emitting diode $6,790
Ontario Burwash Trout Lake Road Flashing lights, gates, constant warning time device and motion sensing device (on siding) $248,320
Ontario Grimsby Baker Road Flashing lights, bells and short arm gates $291,600
Ontario Ingersoll Thames Street Lights and change mast $11,948
Ontario Kingston Counter Street Grade crossing predictors $356,320
Ontario London Burwell Street Removal of crossing $50,820
Ontario London Second Street Gates and grade crossing predictors $152,960
Ontario New Hamburg Waterloo Street Gates and advance pre-emption $220,710
Ontario Nipigon Fifth Street Gates and constant warning time device $308,160
Ontario North Elmsley Armstrong Road Flashing lights, bells, gates and constant warning time device $215,680
Ontario Perth Drummond Street Roadwork $27,080
Ontario Petawawa Murphy Road Gates and constant warning time device $147,200
Ontario Pickering Rosebank Road Gates and constant warning time device $194,960
Ontario Pickering Townline Road Gates and constant warning time device $64,720
Ontario Plympton-Wyoming Stewardson Road Approaches $51,752
Ontario Plympton-Wyoming Minielly Road Level section and widening $73,705
Ontario Plympton-Wyoming South Plympton Road Level section and widening $77,997
Ontario Plympton-Wyoming Fairweather Road Level section and widening $96,613
Ontario Port Hope Hope Street Gates and constant warning time device $211,280
Ontario Rutter Highway 64 Gates and constant warning time device $64,120
Ontario Schrieber Main Street Diversion road $261,216
Ontario Simcoe-Grey Baldwick Lane Flashing light signals, bells, gates and constant warning time device $238,800
Ontario Spence County Road #10 Gates, constant warning time device and extra flashing light units $202,640
Ontario Toronto Old Weston Road Extra flashing light units and bells $12,640
Ontario Township of Champlain Aberdeem Road East Lights $3,094
Ontario Township of Champlain Greenlane Road West Lights $2,520
Ontario Township of Champlain Happy Hollow Road Lights $2,958
Ontario Township of Champlain MacCallum's Lane Lights $3,118
Ontario Township of Champlain Pleasant Corners Road Lights $3,147
Ontario Upsala Graham Road Flashing light signals, bells, gates and motion sensing device $268,000
Quebec Arntfield Highway 117 Active advance warning sign $13,150
Quebec Arntfield Highway 117 Prepare-to-stop sign $38,465
Quebec Bury Highway 108 Cantilevers and gates $64,856
Quebec Causapscal Rue St-Jean Baptiste Gates and additional flashing lights $130,360
Quebec Charrette Route 351 12-foot cantilevers and gates $149,760
Quebec Rimouski Rue de la Gare Gates and automated warning system $84,069
Quebec Sainte-Angèle-de Prémont Route 350 Gates $151,840
Quebec Sainte-Élisabeth Route 345 (Chemin sud de la rivière) 20-foot cantilevers and gates $166,240
Quebec Sainte-Élisabeth Chemin Sainte-Élisabeth 20-foot cantilevers and gates $129,840
Quebec Sainte-Marie-Salomé Rue Montcalm 20-foot cantilevers and gates $168,160
Quebec Saint-Paulin Chemin de la Concession Flashing lights, bells and gates $150,320
Quebec Saint-Paulin Route 349 12-foot cantilevers and gates $146,560
Quebec Sainte-Ursule Route 348 20-foot cantilevers and gates $170,960
Total       $10,124,948
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