Canadian National Railway (CNR)

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Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Canadian National Railway (CNR)

Parallel form(s) of name

  • Canadian National (1960-present)

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Identifiers for corporate bodies

CNR; CN

Description area

Dates of existence

1919 - present

History

CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue and the physical size of its rail network, and is Canada's only transcontinental railway company, spanning Canada from the Atlantic coast in Nova Scotia to the Pacific coast in British Columbia across about 20,400 route miles (32,831 km) of track.[1] In the late 20th century, it gained extensive capacity in the United States by taking over such railroads as the Illinois Central.
The railway was referred to as "Canadian National Railways" (CNR) between 1919 and 1960, and as "Canadian National"/"Canadien National" (CN) from 1960 to the present.

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Related entity

VIA Rail Canada (1977-present)

Identifier of related entity

SCN00259

Category of relationship

associative

Type of relationship

VIA Rail Canada

is the business partner of

Canadian National Railway (CNR)

Dates of relationship

1977-

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SCN00254

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