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Metro

Metro rail systems are critical to the economic prosperity of our communities and in making them more liveable.

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Light rail

Light rail has sprung back to the top of city planners’ wish lists in recent years thanks to its ability to connect communities in a sustainable and reliable manner.

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Bus

Buses are an essential element of the public transport mix. They connect communities to their end destination or to other mass transit modes such as rail and air where they are either unavailable or too expensive.

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Intercity & Heavy Rail

Intercity

SYSTRA Canada has been a key partner to VIA Rail Canada (VIA), main rail intercity operator, over the last decades.

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Heavy rail

SYSTRA Canada (created under the name CANARAIL in 1990) has its roots heavily anchored in heavy rail subject matters. Its founders are ex CN and CP executives, the two main freight operators and infrastructure manager/owners in North America.

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Rolling stock

Rolling Stock services

SYSTRA Canada offers its expertise in freight and heavy haul operations to over 80 countries worldwide in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and North America.

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Locomotive & Rail Vehicles

SYSTRA Canada’s reputation and experience in rolling stock projects have been developed from having carried out over 300 projects since 1991.

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Commuter Trains

SYSTRA Canada plays a critical role in the design, development, and maintenance of commuter trains, helping to ensure that they are safe, efficient, and reliable.

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Services

Infrastructures

Transportation infrastructure

SYSTRA Canada provides a wide range of expertise in the Definition, Planning, Design, Construction, Testing and Commissioning, Operation, and Maintenance of Transportation infrastructure.

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Operation & Maintenance

SYSTRA Canada has been involved in railway operations planning nationally and internationally for more than 20 years. Our operations team includes people who have primary experience in Canadian heavy haul railways and others who have working experience in European and Asian railway networks.

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Stations & Buildings

As the main pillars of modern transportation systems, stations and intermodal transport hubs are both a connection point for transport services and community hotspots where people come to live, work, and play. Architects are making stations memorable places that not only create value for neighborhoods and offer comfort to all passengers, but also so that they become a place of meeting, entertainment, and shopping.

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Systems

Railway Signalling and Telecommunications

SYSTRA Canada’s Signalling and Telecommunications teams are experienced at providing technical solutions that are specifically adapted to the needs of railway operators, accounting for users, operating plans, commercial speed, and the types of available power supply.

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Railway Electrification

SYSTRA Canada’s Electrification teams are experienced in providing technical solutions that are specifically adapted to the needs of railway operators and account for users, operating plans, commercial speed, and the types of available power supply.

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Systems Engineering & Assurance

Maintenance and safety are two key factors for all transport projects.

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Energy Distribution, Transition & Electromobility

One of our digital solution, TESS, allows to model and simulate ultrarealistic operating scenarios. More specifically, the application allows considering operational constraints of a depot to determine the optimal operating strategy.

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Consulting

Asset Management

The development of transport networks continues with major projects all over the world. But tomorrow’s infrastructures are also those that exist today. The transport networks we use every day can sometimes be several decades old or more.

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Studies

We offer the following services:

Feasibility studies;

Economic and financial analysis and modeling;

Cost-benefit and economic impact studies;

Profitability analysis;

Project financing;

Rail traffic costing;

Traffic and revenue forecasting;

Development of marketing expertise;

Business plan development.

Program & Project Management

SYSTRA Canada brings SYSTRA strong global experience to drive programmes and projects to excellence through the application of efficient and well-established processes and plans.

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Project Delivery Partner

Many of the world’s most ambitious projects have adopted the Project Delivery Partner (PDP) model as opposed to working in silos where the risk and rewards of the final result is not shared between the involved stakeholders, potentially leading to delays, disputes, exceeding budgets, and tense relationships.

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Training

As a leading expert in railway disciplines, SYSTRA Canada provides training sessions for clients who are keen to ensure that their staff and managers remain qualified at a level allowing them to facilitate their decision-making regarding railway systems.

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Transport planning, modelling & preliminary studies

Drawing up the best project to meet populations’ mobility needs.

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Railway Audits

Expertise in Maintenance and Safety:

Technical assistance;

Support for management and operations;

Secondment of railway staff;

Environmental impact assessment;

Social analysis and resettlement programs for displaced populations.

Rail Vehicles

Passenger Car Design

SYSTRA Canada plays a crucial role in the design and development of passenger cars.

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Rail Vehicle Mechanical Design

Services offered are:

Couplers and draft gears;

Equipment installation;

Trucks and suspensions;

Structural modifications;

Tare weight reduction or capacity improvements;

Air brake and compressed air systems.

Structural Design

Services offered are:

Design of new vehicle structures;

Vehicle structural modifications;

Wreck repair design;

Specialty: repair of stainless-steel cars;

Reinforcement of foreign equipment to NA standards;

Finite element analysis;

Fatigue analysis & design;

Structural crack investigation, analysis and repair.

Locomotive Design

Services offered are:

New and refurbished locomotives;

Electrical design including full schematic diagrams of microprocessors;

Retrofit;

Cab modernization;

General mechanical engineering for design and integration of systems and components including: Cooling systems, Ventilation systems, Lube oil and fuel oil systems, Genset applications (HEP), Compressed air and air brake systems, Electric and manual hand brakes, Layover heating systems.

Freight Car Design

Services offered are:

Car modifications;

Car refurbishment and capacity augmentation;

Specialty car design;

Inspection and useful life estimation;

Fatigue assessment.

Crash Energy Management (CEM) Design

By implementing CEM techniques and technologies, trains can be made safer and more resilient to crashes, reducing the likelihood and severity of accidents.

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Railway Workshops

Expertise in the Design, Maintenance and Management of Workshops:

Tendering and inspection services;

Reliability-based maintenance for locomotives;

Workshop management;

Workshop design;

Fleet maintenance management systems;

Technology assessment;

Procurement.

Refurbishment

When properly executed, a refurbishment project not only extends the life of the rolling stock, but also significantly lowers ongoing maintenance costs.

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Fleet Procurement

SYSTRA Canada’s experts have prepared technical requirements and specifications for procurement of Light Rail Vehicles, Driverless Metros, Locomotives for passenger and freight use, as well as freight wagons and Maintenance of Way Equipment.

Repair & structural analysis

SYSTRA Canada has a recognized expertise for structural repair and design of modifications.

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Solutions

Digital solutions

Our digital solutions inform your decisions, strengthen collaboration and improve the performance of your projects. They are used by our teams and can be made available to you to meet some of your needs.

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- Metro
- Light rail
- Bus
Metro rail systems are critical to the economic prosperity of our communities and in making them more liveable.

More

Light rail has sprung back to the top of city planners’ wish lists in recent years thanks to its ability to connect communities in a sustainable and reliable manner.

More

Buses are an essential element of the public transport mix. They connect communities to their end destination or to other mass transit modes such as rail and air where they are either unavailable or too expensive.

More
- Intercity
- Heavy rail
SYSTRA Canada has been a key partner to VIA Rail Canada (VIA), main rail intercity operator, over the last decades.

More

SYSTRA Canada (created under the name CANARAIL in 1990) has its roots heavily anchored in heavy rail subject matters. Its founders are ex CN and CP executives, the two main freight operators and infrastructure manager/owners in North America.

More
SYSTRA Canada offers its expertise in freight and heavy haul operations to over 80 countries worldwide in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and North America.

More

SYSTRA Canada’s reputation and experience in rolling stock projects have been developed from having carried out over 300 projects since 1991.

More

SYSTRA Canada plays a critical role in the design, development, and maintenance of commuter trains, helping to ensure that they are safe, efficient, and reliable.

More
SYSTRA Canada provides a wide range of expertise in the Definition, Planning, Design, Construction, Testing and Commissioning, Operation, and Maintenance of Transportation infrastructure.

More

SYSTRA Canada has been involved in railway operations planning nationally and internationally for more than 20 years. Our operations team includes people who have primary experience in Canadian heavy haul railways and others who have working experience in European and Asian railway networks.

More

As the main pillars of modern transportation systems, stations and intermodal transport hubs are both a connection point for transport services and community hotspots where people come to live, work, and play. Architects are making stations memorable places that not only create value for neighborhoods and offer comfort to all passengers, but also so that they become a place of meeting, entertainment, and shopping.

More
SYSTRA Canada’s Signalling and Telecommunications teams are experienced at providing technical solutions that are specifically adapted to the needs of railway operators, accounting for users, operating plans, commercial speed, and the types of available power supply.

More

SYSTRA Canada’s Electrification teams are experienced in providing technical solutions that are specifically adapted to the needs of railway operators and account for users, operating plans, commercial speed, and the types of available power supply.

More

Maintenance and safety are two key factors for all transport projects.

More

One of our digital solution, TESS, allows to model and simulate ultrarealistic operating scenarios. More specifically, the application allows considering operational constraints of a depot to determine the optimal operating strategy.

More
The development of transport networks continues with major projects all over the world. But tomorrow’s infrastructures are also those that exist today. The transport networks we use every day can sometimes be several decades old or more.

More
We offer the following services:

Feasibility studies;

Economic and financial analysis and modeling;

Cost-benefit and economic impact studies;

Profitability analysis;

Project financing;

Rail traffic costing;

Traffic and revenue forecasting;

Development of marketing expertise;

Business plan development.
SYSTRA Canada brings SYSTRA strong global experience to drive programmes and projects to excellence through the application of efficient and well-established processes and plans.

More

Many of the world’s most ambitious projects have adopted the Project Delivery Partner (PDP) model as opposed to working in silos where the risk and rewards of the final result is not shared between the involved stakeholders, potentially leading to delays, disputes, exceeding budgets, and tense relationships.

More

As a leading expert in railway disciplines, SYSTRA Canada provides training sessions for clients who are keen to ensure that their staff and managers remain qualified at a level allowing them to facilitate their decision-making regarding railway systems.

More

Drawing up the best project to meet populations’ mobility needs.

More
Expertise in Maintenance and Safety:

Technical assistance;

Support for management and operations;

Secondment of railway staff;

Environmental impact assessment;

Social analysis and resettlement programs for displaced populations.
SYSTRA Canada plays a crucial role in the design and development of passenger cars.

More
Services offered are:

Couplers and draft gears;

Equipment installation;

Trucks and suspensions;

Structural modifications;

Tare weight reduction or capacity improvements;

Air brake and compressed air systems.
Services offered are:

Design of new vehicle structures;

Vehicle structural modifications;

Wreck repair design;

Specialty: repair of stainless-steel cars;

Reinforcement of foreign equipment to NA standards;

Finite element analysis;

Fatigue analysis & design;

Structural crack investigation, analysis and repair.
Services offered are:

New and refurbished locomotives;

Electrical design including full schematic diagrams of microprocessors;

Retrofit;

Cab modernization;

General mechanical engineering for design and integration of systems and components including: Cooling systems, Ventilation systems, Lube oil and fuel oil systems, Genset applications (HEP), Compressed air and air brake systems, Electric and manual hand brakes, Layover heating systems.
Services offered are:

Car modifications;

Car refurbishment and capacity augmentation;

Specialty car design;

Inspection and useful life estimation;

Fatigue assessment.
By implementing CEM techniques and technologies, trains can be made safer and more resilient to crashes, reducing the likelihood and severity of accidents.

More
Expertise in the Design, Maintenance and Management of Workshops:

Tendering and inspection services;

Reliability-based maintenance for locomotives;

Workshop management;

Workshop design;

Fleet maintenance management systems;

Technology assessment;

Procurement.
When properly executed, a refurbishment project not only extends the life of the rolling stock, but also significantly lowers ongoing maintenance costs.

More

SYSTRA Canada’s experts have prepared technical requirements and specifications for procurement of Light Rail Vehicles, Driverless Metros, Locomotives for passenger and freight use, as well as freight wagons and Maintenance of Way Equipment.

SYSTRA Canada has a recognized expertise for structural repair and design of modifications.

More

Our digital solutions inform your decisions, strengthen collaboration and improve the performance of your projects. They are used by our teams and can be made available to you to meet some of your needs.

More
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OpsModel

OpsModel is a static analysis tool developed to model train operations over a single-track railway with passing sidings.

SYSTRA Canada uses this model to assess maximum line capacity and to quantify the delays resulting from train meets and their impact on overall running and train cycle times.

OPTIMIZE YOUR INVESTMENT STRATEGY

The software can be an invaluable tool for optimizing an investment strategy by studying the point at which it is financially advantageous to construct additional passing loops to reduce train delays and cycle times rather than procure additional rolling stock.

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Maya Dimitrova
Civil Engineer, Operation
Intercity & Heavy Rail