Right now, as far as rail transport is concerned, many of Canada's public policies fail the test. They don't have to fail in the future. Canada's new Transportation Act reduces some of the legislative burdens felt by the rail industry. Under the new Act, railway actions or decisions affecting track abandonment and requiring government approval were reduced from 200 to about 40. The new act tries to reduce costs for mainline carriers and potentially increase revenues which would be gained both from the sale of track to short lines and from any business that short lines would then feed to mainline networks.
Short line is a railway which conducts business on a local or regional basis.
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