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Figure 1. Map of the occurrence location (Source of the main image: Railway Association of Canada, Canadian Rail Atlas, with TSB annotations; source of the inset image: Google Earth, with TSB annotations)

Investigation report: Railway employee injury at Ojibway Yard in Windsor, Ontario

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TSB deploying following a train derailment near Chapleau, Ontario

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Safety communications related to TSB investigation R23D0108: November 2023 train collision in Montréal, Quebec

The occurrence

On November 21, 2023, a Canadian National Railway (CN) train and an exo commuter train collided at the St-Léonard-Montréal-Nord station in Montréal, Quebec. The investigation found that the CN train crew had passed a Restricting signal requiring them to limit their speed and be prepared to stop. However, believing the track ahead was clear, the train accelerated. By the time the stationary commuter train became visible, it was too late to avoid the collision and subsequent derailment.

Findings from TSB investigation R23D0108: November 2023 train collision in Montréal, Quebec

Investigations conducted by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) are complex since an accident rarely results from a single cause. In the case of the November 2023 train collision in Montréal, several factors led to the accident. The five findings below detail the causes and contributing factors that led to this occurrence. Additionally, the TSB made two findings as to risk and 3 other findings.

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Figure 4. Damage to car EXO 3062 and the rear portion of locomotive EXO 1346 (Source: TSB)

Train collision underscores urgent need for physical fail-safe defences on Canada’s railways

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TSB to highlight long-standing safety risk following investigation into 2023 train collision and derailment in Montréal

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) will hold a news conference to release its investigation report (R23D0108) into the 2023 main-track collision and derailment involving a Canadian National Railway Company freight train and a Réseau de transport métropolitain (exo) commuter train, in Montréal, Quebec.

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TSB deploying a team of investigators following a train derailment near Jaffray, British Columbia

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