On Kamis, 01 Agustus 2013
Tshiuetin Rail Transportation Inc.
(Reporting Mark TSH) is a Canadian short line railway that stretches 134
miles (217 km) across the wilderness of Western Labrador and
Northeastern Quebec. It connects Emeril Jct., Labrador with
Schefferville, Quebec upon the interprovincial boundary. The corporate
is owned by Your Innu Nation of Matimekush-Lac John, the Naskapi Nation
of Kawawachikamach, and also the Innu Takuaikan Uashat mak Mani-Utenam.
The railway formally began operations on 1 December 2005 in the conclusion in an agreement involving the 3 owners of Tshiuetin Rail Transportation and also the owner as to the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway, the iron ore company of Canada. this agreement, finalized within the fall of 2005, saw QNSL sell its Menihek Subdivision, regarding the nominal sum of $1.00 CAD.
Tshiuetin Rail Transportation took possession as to the Menihek subdivision as is, where is. The corporate provides all passenger rail and restricted freight service. The corporate will additionally offer passenger rail service on the leftover QNSL-owned line running due to port of Sept-Îles, Quebec to firmly Emeril Junction, nl (and on to firmly Schefferville, Quebec).
The Menihek subdivision was originally half as to the QNSL main line, constructed between 1951 and 1954. when mining activity in Schefferville over throughout the nineteen eighties, QNSL shifted its priority to firmly the Sept-Îles, Quebec to firmly Labrador Town, NL line, and also the Emeril Junction, NL to firmly Schefferville, Quebec line saw restricted freight and subsidized passenger service for the leftover initial nations communities within the region.
The agreement between IOC and also the 3 initial nations who own Tshiuetin Rail Transportation Inc. has resulted in the very first aboriginal possession associated with a railway line in Canada. This railway (along in the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway line, Arnaud Railway, and Wabush Lake Railway) type an isolated railroad network, because it will not interchange with other rail lines upon the North American network.
The railway formally began operations on 1 December 2005 in the conclusion in an agreement involving the 3 owners of Tshiuetin Rail Transportation and also the owner as to the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway, the iron ore company of Canada. this agreement, finalized within the fall of 2005, saw QNSL sell its Menihek Subdivision, regarding the nominal sum of $1.00 CAD.
Tshiuetin Rail Transportation took possession as to the Menihek subdivision as is, where is. The corporate provides all passenger rail and restricted freight service. The corporate will additionally offer passenger rail service on the leftover QNSL-owned line running due to port of Sept-Îles, Quebec to firmly Emeril Junction, nl (and on to firmly Schefferville, Quebec).
The Menihek subdivision was originally half as to the QNSL main line, constructed between 1951 and 1954. when mining activity in Schefferville over throughout the nineteen eighties, QNSL shifted its priority to firmly the Sept-Îles, Quebec to firmly Labrador Town, NL line, and also the Emeril Junction, NL to firmly Schefferville, Quebec line saw restricted freight and subsidized passenger service for the leftover initial nations communities within the region.
The agreement between IOC and also the 3 initial nations who own Tshiuetin Rail Transportation Inc. has resulted in the very first aboriginal possession associated with a railway line in Canada. This railway (along in the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway line, Arnaud Railway, and Wabush Lake Railway) type an isolated railroad network, because it will not interchange with other rail lines upon the North American network.
