Major Canadian Railways See Slight Improvement in Service During Grain Week 33: Ag Transport Coalition

CN and CPKC Rail supplied a combined 70% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 33, a notable improvement from the 56% order fulfillment performance seen in week 32. 

CN and CPKC are each seeing improved performances as compared to the prior week, although more notably CN which saw performance improve by 21 percentage points. 

In supplying 77% of cars ordered by shippers in week 33 CN saw performance improve from the 56% order fulfillment performance seen in week 32. 

CN performance remains below the 90% performance threshold for the eleventh consecutive week. 

CPKC performance also improved slightly from the prior week with the railway supplying 63% of shipper orders in week 33 as compared to 56% in the prior week. 

CPKC performance remains below the 90% threshold for the ninth consecutive week. 

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