The New Brunswick East Coast Railway was a railway that operated in the Canadian province of

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. It included of track of which were mainline between Campbellton and Pacific Junction near Moncton. Important spurs connected Dalhousie Junction and Dalhousie, Nepisiguit Junction and Brunswick Mines, and

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with Chatham. The mainline (and related spurs) was formerly Canadian National Railway's second mainline between Montreal and Moncton. Its entire route was built originally as the

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. Established 19 January 1998, NBEC actually started operations in December 1997 and was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Société des chemins de fer du Québec (Quebec Railway Corporation).

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- Halifax passenger train, the ''

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'', operates along the entire length of the NBEC's Newcastle Subdivision.

CN purchase

On 3 November 2008 CN announced that it was purchasing the NBEC and its sister companies

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(CFMG), Compagnie de gestion de Matane (COGEMA), and the

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(OCR) for $49.8 million (CAD) from the Quebec Railway Corporation. The CN announcement indicates that the reacquired rail lines will be integrated back into the CN network with no significant changes, other than introducing CN locomotives and rolling stock to train operations. CN also mentioned investing significant capital upgrades in the rail network for outstanding maintenance.

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NBEC in CN's list of shortlinesUnofficial New Brunswick East Coast Railway site
Defunct New Brunswick railways Canadian National Railway subsidiaries Rail transport in Campbellton, New Brunswick Rail transport in Restigouche County, New Brunswick Transport in Miramichi, New Brunswick Transport in Northumberland County, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-transport-stub

CN purchase

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