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2.2.2
Commuter Rail
Commuter rail passengers in 2008 totalled 67.05 million. This is up from 63.39 million in 2007, an increase of
5.8 per cent. As shown in Figure 7, by 2008, commuter traffic has increased 63.5 per cent over the 1997 baseline of
41.00 million passengers when the RAC first started to collect commuter rail statistics. This is an average annual
rate of 5.8 per cent since 1997. The four commuter operations in Canada using diesel prime movers are Agence
métropolitaine de transport (serving the Montreal-centred region), Capital Railway (Ottawa), GO Transit (serving the
Toronto-centred region) and West Coast Express (serving the Vancouver-centred region).
Figure 7
Commuter Rail Passengers
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63.5 per cent increase since 1997
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2.2.3
Tourist and Excursion Services
In 2008, the nine railways offering tourist and excursion services transported 354 thousand passengers as contrasted
to 378 thousand in 2007, a decrease of 6.3 per cent. The railways reporting these services were: Alberta Prairie
Railway Excursions, Barrie-Collingwood Railway, CN / Algoma Central (also operates a scheduled passenger service),
CP / Royal Canadian Pacific, Great Canadian Railtour Company, Ontario Northland Railway (also operates a scheduled
passenger service), South Simcoe Railway, Tshiuetin Rail Transportation (which also operates a scheduled passenger
service) and White Pass & Yukon Route.
2.3
Fuel Consumption
As shown in Table 2, total rail sector fuel consumption decreased to 2,183.95 million L in 2008 from 2,237.22 million L
in 2007 in comparison with 2,060.66 million L in 1990. As a percentage, fuel consumption in 2008 was 2.4 per cent
lower than in 2007 but was 6.0 per cent over the 1990 level.
Table 2
Canadian Rail Operations Fuel Consumption
Litres (million)
1990 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Freight Train 1,822.60 1,799.72 1,836.37 1,823.21 1,870.44 1,909.40 2,009.50 2,033.33 2,037.05 2,066.64 2,015.09
Yard Switching 119.36 86.85 86.63 89.86 73.79 69.20 70.79 67.85 64.67 62.20 55.30
Work Train 16.00 5.00 4.00 4.86 5.70 4.90 4.17 6.73 7.49 6.09 7.57
Total Freight
Operations 1,957.96 1,891.57 1,927.00 1,917.93 1,949.93 1,983.50 2,084.46 2,107.91 2,109.21 2,134.92 2,077.96
Total Passenger
Operations 102.70 58.29 60.87 99.20 100.75 99.18 99.93 101.10 101.17 102.30 105.99
Total Rail
Operations 2,060.66 1,949.86 1,987.87 2,017.13 2,050.68 2,082.68 2,184.39 2,209.01 2,210.38 2,237.22 2,183.95
8 LEM 2008