HCRY

“Today’s investment for Huron Central Railway in Northern Ontario will improve railway infrastructure by increasing the fluidity and reliability of rail service, reducing travel time of railcar traffic and relieving supply chain congestion,” Canada Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra reported on Twitter. (Photograph Courtesy of Alghabra via Twitter)

For HCRY, C$21MM in Infrastructure Improvement Funding

Genesee & Wyoming Canada’s Huron Central Railway Inc. (HCRY) will receive a total of C$21 million for infrastructure rehabilitation from the governments of Canada and Ontario, which announced their investment on Jan. 10. The 173-mile short line in Northern Ontario will contribute C$10.5 million to the work.

G&W shuttering Huron Central

Genesee & Wyoming Canada (GWC) will cease operating Northern Ontario’s Huron Central Railway (HCRY) in early 2020 after failing to secure sufficient capital investment from the Ontario provincial and Canadian federal governments to keep the 172-mile line in northern Ontario open.