CadRI Expands Long-Term Metrolinx Contract

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CAD Railway Industries Ltd. (CadRI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Sojitz Group, has signed a 23-year rail fleet maintenance, repair, and overhaul agreement with ONxpress Operations Inc. (OOI), the operations and maintenance service provider for Metrolinx’s GO Expansion – OnCorr project. The contract extends an existing Metrolinx GO Transit contract.

CadRI Ontario subsidiary CAD Rail Fleet Services (Ontario) Ltd. (CadRFS) will continue mobilization and transition planning for the Metrolinx rail fleet used for GO Transit commuter rail and UP Express airport service. CADRFS’s contract scope of work starts Jan. 1, 2025. The company said it “will be fully responsible for delivering its services, with safety and customer experience as the key focus of its service delivery. CadRFS is expecting to employ up to 500 Ontarians to deliver its fleet maintenance services commitment.”

“We are very proud to have reached this contract milestone and the exciting prospect of becoming a vital team member for the successful delivery of the GO Expansion – On Corridor Works project, the largest railway capacity expansion and transformation in Canada in the past 140 years,” said Benoit Leclerc, CadRI President. “In this next stage CadRFS will demonstrate its capability to actively contribute to this project by leveraging our prior Metrolinx fleet overhaul experience, our demonstrated project management capability, our rail equipment technical expertise, our innovative engineering methodologies, and our strong commitment to continuous improvement.” 

“ONxpress Operations Inc. (OOI) looks forward to a long and successful working relationship with CadRI, a high-performing rail fleet maintenance, overhaul, and repair company,” said Thorsten Krenz, OOI CEO. “Our shared objective is to provide Metrolinx and its customers with a world-class safety and customer experience-focused commuter rail service, and we look forward to our continued partnership with CadRI.”

Established more than 50 years ago in Lachine, Quebec, CAD Railway Industries “delivers comprehensive maintenance solutions for rolling stock throughout North America. Providing integrated repair and refurbishment services for locomotives, freight cars, passenger cars, and diesel engines, the company extends the useful life of rail fleet vehicles and associated asset. With the largest rail rolling stock repair and refurbishment facilities in Canada, CadRI has major locations in Montreal, Alberta (Calgary and Lethbridge) and Ontario.”