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'''Canadian National Railway facilities in Peel Region''' consists of two specialized facilities, which are both accessed using the [[CN Halton Subdivision]].
==Brampton Intermodal Terminal==
Located at 76 Intermodal Drive, it is a major Intermodal terminal located between Airport Road and Goreway Drive in [[Brampton]] and bound to the north by Queen Street and Intermodal Drive to the south. The terminal is connected to [[MacMillan Yard]] to redirect intermodal freight cars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://trainweb.org/railsintoronto/nortor.html#malpt|title = Rail Attractions North of Toronto}}</ref>
The terminal is located next to [[Canadian Tire]]'s Distribution Centre with the company being a major intermodal client.
==Malport Freight Yard==
Malport Yard is a smaller yard located in [[Mississauga]] south of [[Steeles Avenue]] between Airport Road and Torbram Road. It is located at milepoint 9.7 on the [[CN Halton Subdivision]].<ref name=niagara-rails>{{cite web |url=http://www.niagararails.com/halton.phtml |last=Duncan |first=Paul |title=CN Halton Subdivision |date=2009 |website=NiagaraRails.com |access-date=3 May 2021}}</ref> The yard services CN's own intermodal units, as well perform local switcher or transfer cars to other trains. The yard is also connected with MacMillan Yard.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://trainweb.org/railsintoronto/nortor.html#malpt|title = Rail Attractions North of Toronto}}</ref>
Located next to Malport is the Jet Fuel Rail Offloading, Storage and Distribution Facility. It was built at a cost of $59-65 million and opened on 21 July 2009.<ref name=rtands /> It is used to supply the [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]] with [[jet fuel]]. The opening of the terminal coincided with a significant increase in the import of aviation fuel to Canada, with the rate of aviation fuel importation increasing from {{percent|10}} in the early 2000s to {{percent|33}} by 2008; this has been linked to refinery closures as well as the decision by some refiners to switch production away from aviation fuel to [[Diesel fuel|diesel]] or other, higher-demand distillates.<ref name=rtands>{{cite news |url=https://www.rtands.com/news/cn-grows-jet-fuel-traffic-at-torontos-pearson-international-airport/ |title=CN grows jet-fuel traffic at Toronto's Pearson International Airport |newspaper=[[Railway Track & Structures]] |publisher=[[Simmons-Boardman Publishing]] |date=22 July 2009 |access-date=3 May 2021}}</ref> {{As of|2009}}, CN transports the fuel to the facility from the [[Port of Quebec]], as well as from a CN [[transload]] terminal in [[Flat Rock, Michigan]].<ref name=rtands /> Before the facility's construction, fuel was trucked to the airport from CN's MacMillan Yard rather than being brought directly by rail.<ref name=rtands /> {{As of|2009}}, the facility is owned by the Pearson International Fuel Facilities Corporation, which leases it out to the Toronto Fuel Committee (owned by a consortium of airlines), and is managed by FSM Management Group Inc. of [[Dorval, Quebec]].<ref name=rtands />
In 2016, CN and Emergency Response Assistance Canada (ERAC) conducted a full-scale emergency response exercise at Malport Yard around the handling of dangerous petroleum products in a rail yard setting.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/media-advisory-emergency-response-assistance-canada-and-cn-conduct-rail-emergency-exercise-as-part-of-ongoing-response-team-training-593442351.html |newspaper=[[Canada Newswire]] |author=Canadian National Railway |title=MEDIA ADVISORY: Emergency Response Assistance Canada and CN conduct rail emergency exercise as part of ongoing response team training |date=14 September 2016 |access-date=3 May 2021}}</ref>
==See also==
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* [[CN Halton Subdivision]]
* [[MacMillan Yard]]
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