Canadian Pacific has been increasing its investment in compound and track infrastructure to support growing automotive business despite the disruption caused by the coronavirus and looks set to continue its reach across the US and Canada
Canadian Pacific railroad (CP), as its name suggests, is well established in the west of Canada, where it has been increasing revenue for vehicle shipments by rail out of the Pacific coast port of Vancouver. In fact, its network stretches 13,000 miles (20,921 km) across Canada and into the US, and the company is now once again developing business on the Atlantic coast. CP is investing C$90m in track infrastructure, which will support finished vehicle traffic coming through Port Saint John , in the eastern province of New Brunswick. It is the first time the company has supported vehicle movements from a Canadian port on the Atlantic coast for 25 years.
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