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Repentigny, Quebec, is demanding federal action to slow freight trains through cities after a major derailment sent 46 cars off the tracks—no injuries or spills, but a community shaken. City council has called on Ottawa to reassess urban train speed limits and temporarily enforce lower speeds while the Transportation Safety Board investigates. This follows past disasters like Lac Mégantic and Saskatchewan derailments, prompting previous speed reductions for hazardous cargo. Transport Canada has already slashed Repentigny’s limit from 80 to 15 kph, pending full safety checks. Operations are slowly resuming, spotlighting the ongoing tension between vital freight movement and urban safety.

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