The single line of the railway was put into operation in 1996, but a dramatic surge in the number of passengers and amount of freight has made construction of a double-track a necessity.

In early October, BNSF placed in service approximately 2.5 miles of second main track near the community of Westmond, Idaho, closing the gap between two larger sections of double-track main line ...

Via Rail's CN Kingston Subdivision Project is a series of infrastructure improvements along the 539-kilometre double-track rail line that are designed to reduce bottlenecks and limit delays for ...