The CPR Vaughan Intermodal facility is an intermodal rail-truck terminal serving the

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from a property adjacent to the

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transcontinental main line on the Mactier Subdivision in the community of

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in the City of

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. Operated by CP Rail Intermodal Freight Systems, the facility opened in 1991 on along

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between Rutherford Road and

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. It underwent expansion in 2001 and handles of cargo annually using four electric gantry cranes; it initially handled only annually.Vaughan Intermodal. Old Time Trains. 2009. http://www.trainweb.org/oldtimetrains/CPR_Bruce/vaughan.htm Tenants on the site include: * Fastfrate - relocated from

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