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Marc Garneau Says Ottawa Will Require Video And Voice Recorders On Trains

IANS, 03 Nov, 2016 12:55 PM
    MONTREAL — The federal transport minister says Ottawa will require railways to install video and voice-recording devices in locomotives.
     
    Marc Garneau says they will be used to investigate accidents such as the train derailment that killed 47 people in the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic in 2013.
     
    He also said the review of the Railway Safety Act will also be moved up to 2017 from 2018.
     
    Garneau made the comments in Montreal this morning as he outlined the federal government's transportation plan for the coming decades.
     
     
    He says Ottawa will introduce legislation next spring to create a long-term plan for moving grain by rail.
     
    This will include allowing penalties against rail companies and customers who don't respect agreements and addressing the future of interswitching, or the transfer of traffic between two railway companies.

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