Service was stopped on commuter lines in Vancouver, Montreal and Calgary that carry about 32,000 people on a typical day
Commuters arrive at Union Station on a GO Train as a national rail shutdown causes delays, after employees were locked out by both major Canadian railways after a deadlock in contract negotiations, in Toronto on Aug. 22.The impact of a now-ended lockout of freight rail workers rippled into Canada ’s largest cities Thursday, as five commuter transit lines in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal stopped running.
Most commuter rail lines in those three cities operate on their own tracks. But the five affected lines and the Hamilton GO station use tracks owned by CPKC, one of the freight companies that locked out its workers.to end the impasse. Within hours, the lockout was ended, but Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon said it could take days before trains are running normally again.
In Vancouver, where the transit agency TransLink said it was trying to manage a relatively small number of stranded passengers, extra buses began immediately on Thursday morning. However, the possibility of disruption did not reach all passengers before the trains stopped running Thursday.
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