6 RAIL TRANSPORTATION
PASSENGER TRAFFIC
Both total intercity rail passengers carried and
passenger-kilometres decreased slightly in 2003, to
3.9 million and 1.4 billion, respectively. VIA Rail carried
4.8 per cent fewer passengers (3.8 million in total) and
travelled 9.6 per cent fewer passenger-kilometres
(1.4 billion in total). Class II carriers carried 37 per cent
fewer passengers in 2003, mainly due to BC Rail's
discontinuance of passenger services in late 2002.
Addendum Table A6-29 gives details of intercity rail
passenger traffic for Class I and II carriers, including
Algoma Central, Ontario Northland and the Quebec North
Shore & Labrador Railway.
Total commuter rail traffic in Toronto, Montreal and
Vancouver in 2003 was 52.5 million passengers, a
five per cent increase from 2002. This change reflects a
three per cent increase in Toronto's GO Transit and an
11 per cent increase in Montreal's Agence Métropolitaine
de Montréal (AMT) riderships. GO Transit represented
69 per cent of commuter rail traffic. Addendum Table A6-30
shows total commuter rail ridership since 1994 for these
three cities.
Major Events in 2004
Infrastructure
Industry Structure
Employment
Energy
Freight Transportation
Passenger Traffic
Price, Productivity and Financial Performance
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