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PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION

Rail Transportation

Rail Passenger Traffic

In 1999, rail passenger traffic rose by about three per cent to just over 4.1 million. VIA Rail carried almost 92 per cent of these passengers, while the four Class II carriers -Algoma Central Railway, BC Rail, Ontario Northland and the North Shore and Labrador Railway - carried the rest. (Class II carriers include those known variously as regional and shortline railways.) All railways contributed to the increase in traffic.

Passenger-kilometres increased by over nine per cent to 1.59 billion. Again, all five railways contributed to the growth, with VIA Rail's output increasing by 8.7 per cent and that of the Class II railways by 17 per cent.

Table 13-1 shows the relative increases in the number of passengers and passenger-kilometres.

Commuter rail services in Canada's three largest cities - Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver - show a 44 per cent growth in passenger traffic between 1994 and 1999. Vancouver's West Coast Express introduced new service at the end of 1995, which accounts for some of the growth; Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) also introduced new service in Montreal and saw its passenger count grow by over 100 per cent. GO Transit traffic in and around Toronto rose by 20 per cent over the same period. Table 13-2 shows the commuter passenger traffic for the three cities from 1994 to 1999.

PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION

Rail Transportation

Bus Transportation

Automobile Transportation

Marine Transportation

Air Transportation

Apendix 13-1 Amended Framework for Canada's International Air Policy as at December 21, 1999

Apendix 13-2 International Air Services as of December 31, 2000 (Excluding Canada-US Transborder Services)

Apendix 13-3 Scheduled Transborder Services as of December 31, 2000