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The Boundary Trail Railway Company is a Canadian short line railway company operating in southern
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. In 2009, the railway purchased of operational railway linking
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to the Binney Siding ( northwest of
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), as well as of abandoned railway from Binney Siding to the Pembina Valley, and on to
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(east of
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). Since March 2016, it has also operated with trackage rights on Canadian Pacific Railway's La Riviere sub between Morden and
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. The railway was formed through the investment of CAD$1.25 million by a consortium of about 80 area farmers, the
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, Mission Terminal and the provincial government. Originally focused on the transport of wheat, the railway was also in discussion with
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to transport oats. In 2010, after its first year of operation, the railway received the Capturing Opportunities Economic Development Innovation award. The railway interlines with Canadian Pacific Railway at
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in the
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.


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* Manitoba railways Standard-gauge railways in Canada {{Manitoba-transport-stub