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1/22/2026
Two Canadian trades unions this week declared their support for the proposed Calgary Airport-Downtown-Bow Valley-Banff passenger-rail system in Alberta.
Canada's Building Trades Unions (CBTU) and Building Trades of Alberta (BTA) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Friends of the Calgary Airport-Banff Rail (CABR) to support building the privately funded passenger-rail system, CBTU officials said in a press release.
The CABR is a proposed 93-mile regional passenger rail line primarily along a CPKC rail corridor. It would connect the Calgary International Airport to downtown Calgary, communities along the Bow Valley Corridor and Banff, Canada's first national park. CABR also has MOUs with with CPKC and the Canada Infrastructure Bank, one of the CABR's primary investors.
The project is designed to support Alberta's tourism and labor sectors, reduce congestion and motor vehicle emissions and strengthen the province's economic diversity, CBTU officials said. CABR would run every 20 minutes using zero-emission hydrogen locomotives.
The CABR project depends on the construction of a separate, government-funded passenger rail line, titled the Calgary Airport-Downtown Express (CADE) that is in the planning phase.