CPR finds home for new Regina Intermodal Facility

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall and Regina Mayor Pat Fiacco joined Canadian Pacific Railway President and Chief Executive Officer Fred Green, as well as other dignitaries in officially unveiling the future home of CP's Intermodal Facility at the Global Transportation Hub on June 10. The new facility will be located on a 124-hectare (about 300 acres) site adjacent to CPR's main line between Regina and Moose Jaw. Initial construction is expected to start this summer with completion scheduled for late 2012. CPR joined Canadian Logistics Services in locating to the GTH, which encompasses about 2,000 acres of serviced land and will replace the existing terminal that opened in 1980. "Canadian Pacific's relocation of its intermodal facility to the GTH is an important stage for the GTH and it clearly demonstrates the railway's ongoing commitment to Regina and why CP is such a valued corporate citizen," said Fiasco. "CP is clearly one of the anchor tenants of the GTH, which will attract other potential business to this important intermodal hub for Regina and Saskatchewan." The new facility's footprint allows for a said potential of up to 250,000 container handlings per year or about five times the number of container handlings at the 31-year old terminal. "The new intermodal facility will further strengthen CP's ability to meet the growing shipping needs of our customers and will make Regina a key intermodal location for the company, joining Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver as major intermodal centers in Canada," said Chief Executive Officer Fred Green.