Canada Transportation Act

Marginal note:Determination by Agency

• 134 (1) Within 30 business days after receiving the application for a long-haul interswitching order, the Agency shall, by order, determine any of the following matters in respect of which the shipper and the local carrier do not agree:

  • (a) the long-haul interswitching rate that applies in respect of the movement of the shipper’s traffic between the point of origin or destination that is served exclusively by the class 1 rail carrier and the nearest interchange in Canada with a connecting carrier;

  • (b) the continuous route from the point of origin to the point of destination;

  • (c) the nearest interchange in Canada; and

  • (d) the manner in which the local carrier is to fulfil its service obligations in respect of the movement of traffic described in paragraph (a).

• Marginal note:Maximum portion of traffic

  (2) The Agency shall not make a long-haul interswitching order if the movement of the shipper’s traffic between the point of origin or destination that is served exclusively by the class 1 rail carrier and the nearest interchange in Canada exceeds the greater of

  • (a) 1 200 km; and

  • (b) 50% of the total number of kilometres over which the traffic is moved by rail in Canada.