PARTNERING WITH FREIGHT RAILROADS PASSENGER SERVICE

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PARTNERING WITH FREIGHT RAILROADS- PASSENGER
SERVICE

• Presentation by Steve Fisk
• Senior Manager, Business Development
• SCORT 2009

• Oklahoma City, OK
• September 2009

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Canadian Pacific Network
Our vision is to be the safest, most fluid
railroad in North America
Albertas Industrial Heartland
Border Crossing Port
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The Scope of Passenger Rail on CP

• 33,000 passenger trains operate each year on CP
• 17,000,000 passengers are carried safely to their
  destination on these trains
• CP approaches passenger rail as a business
  partner
• Our key challenge is to provide safe and reliable
  service while protecting our current and future
  freight capacity
• We see effective partnerships with passenger and
  governmental agencies as the essential
  ingredient to achieve our respective goals

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Where do passenger trains operate on CP?
White River
Sudbury
Milwaukee
Mingled with freights are three types of
passenger train operations Urban Commuter
Inter-City Service Luxury Cruise Train The art
is to conceive infrastructure that supports both
types of service
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CP Passenger Rail Business Model in North America
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• PASSENGER SERVICE OPERATING ON CP IN
• UNITED STATES AND CANADA
• Various examples

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AMTRAK The Midwest US and New York State

• Empire Builder (384 miles)
• Minneapolis - Chicago
• 1 round trip per day
• Hiawatha (85 miles)
• Milwaukee - Chicago
• 7 round trips per day
• Adirondack (173 miles)
• Rouses Pt - Schenectady
• 1 round trip per day
• Ethan Allen (61 miles)
• Whitehall Schenectady
• 1 round trip per day

• 20 Amtrak trains per day on CP

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WISCONSIN Best Amtrak On Time Performance in US
CP, Wisconsin DOT, and Amtrak working together
Wisconsin Governor, Commissioning Infrastructure
Improvement on CP
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GO Transit - Toronto

• Milton - Toronto (32 miles)
• 12 trips per weekday, peak hours

CP locomotive engineer driving from cab car
Photo David L. Brook

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Public benefits of commuter rail
GO Transit moves as many people as 48 highway
lanes of traffic in peak hours
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West Coast Express - Vancouver

• 43 miles Mission - Vancouver
• 10 trips per weekday, peak hours

• North Americas most on-time commuter rail service

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Ride quality and service amenities
West Coast Express
Photo EMI
Bi Level Commuter Car - Spacious
West Coast Express Cyclists Welcome
West Coast Express Cappuccino car
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Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT)- Montreal

• Three Routes to Downtown 98 miles
• Dorion 42 miles
• Candiac 16 miles
• St-Jerôme 40 miles
• 53 trips per weekday peak and offpeak
• 14 trips - weekend

• CP OPERATING MONTREAL COMMUTER TRAINS SINCE 1887

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Rocky Mountaineer Vacations
Calgary Kamloops - Vancouver

• A luxury train cruise to discover a unique
  part of the continent

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• PASSENGER INITIATIVES

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SOO LINE INITIATIVES

• WISCONSIN
• Working with Wisconsin DOT on replacement of
  jointed rail with welded on CM Subdivision
• Application to US Coast Guard in support of
  permanent ES closure of CP Burnham Canal moveable
  bridge.
• Talgo train rental of CP Milwaukee Depot land for
  Amtrak equipment maintenance
• Facility village agreement for private car
  storage at Milwaukee Depot
• ILLINOIS
• Working with all parties on capacity needs to
  increase Chicago Milwaukee Amtrak service
• MINNESOTA
• CP guide Red Rock Corridor and eventuality of
  St-Paul Union Depot revitalization

MINNESOTA
St Paul
WISCONSIN
Milwaukee
Chicago
ILLINOIS
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We encourage Transit Oriented Development (TOD)

Photo by Steve Pierce
Sturtevant, Wisconsin August 2006

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EASTERN CANADIAN NETWORK INITIATIVES
AGENCE MÉTROPOLITAINE DE TRANSPORT (AMT)
QUEBEC
Montreal
NEW YORK
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Infrastructure for shared freight and passenger
use
St-Jerome, Quebec, December 2006
Cooksville, Ontario, October 2006
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New York State Passenger Service Working with
Amtrak and NY DOT to improve Service
A Passenger Public Private Partnership
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I-87 CORRIDOR NY CITY - MONTREAL
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CP THE I-87 CORRIDOR

• Linking Eastern Canada with Northeast U.S.
  population centers the I-87 corridor is a major
  conduit for freight and people
• It provides direct access between Montreal, New
  York and Philadelphia
• Freight
• The Champlain border crossing is one of the
  busiest in North America
• CP alone handles over 61,000 revenue loads per
  year over it
• CP is host to Amtrak
• Adirondack - New York City to Montreal btw
  Schenectady Rouses Point
• Ethan Allen New York City to Rutland btw
  Schenectady Whitehall
• Paralleling I-87 the CP Canadian Mainline was
  recognized by NYSDOT as a priority North/South
  corridor for trade and passenger movements.
• Service over the Canadian Main has been a
  challenge. The States ongoing support has been a
  vital element of its survival through many crises
  and CPR values its partnership with New York.
  

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PPP 2003 - 2005

• Between 2003-2005, a PPP with NY State enabled a
  20 million improvement program on the rail
  network between the border and Saratoga.
• The scope
• 5.3 M - Improvements to rail signal
• 5.9 M New Saratoga Passenger Station
• 3.4 M Second Generation Double Stack
  Clearances
• 2.7 M Improved Signal Communications
• 2.0 M Sale of the Adirondack Branch
• 1.3 M Saratoga Crossovers and track rehab

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PPP 2006 - 2009

• Despite the improvements brought about by the
  prior program increasing GTMs over the line
  brought about increased deterioration. Most
  significant areas of concern in the corridor
  were
• Need for track rehabilitation on 68 miles of old,
  light, jointed rail
• Need for more and longer sidings to handle new
  traffic, longer and more frequent trains and
  avoid passenger conflicts
• In 2006 CP and NY DOT embarked on another PPP
• For every CP put into the Canadian Main for new
  welded rail NY would match it.
• Since that time over 20 M in new welded rail has
  been installed
• This program installed close to 50 miles of 68
  miles noted above. It brought about the
  additional benefit of freeing up CP capital
  which allowed us to construct a new 10,000
  siding at Rockland, NY and extend the Rouses
  Point siding from 5,000 to 11,000. Thus
  addressing much of our capacity issues.
• We are currently working with Amtrak on the
  service issues. Increased focus coupled with
  these infrastructure improvements will make a big
  difference

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• Canadian Pacific values our relationships with
  the various agencies, Amtrak and Via. We look
  forward to working together in the future.
• Thank you.