New Brunswick-based railway ordered to pay $50,000 for safety violations
SAINT JOHN, N.B. — The New Brunswick Southern Railway Co. has been fined $10,000 and must pay another $40,000 for the implementation of safety research programs after pleading guilty to a pair of charges under the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act.
The penalties are part of a court settlement that arose out of a Transport Canada regulatory investigation following the 2013 rail derailment and explosion in Lac-Megantic, Que., that killed 47 people.
The Public Prosecution Service of Canada says the company was sentenced Thursday in Saint John, N.B., provincial court.
The railway was charged in 2017 after an investigation revealed it failed to comply with all applicable safety requirements by transporting dangerous goods that were not accompanied by the required documents. It also failed to adequately train its employees in the transportation of dangerous goods.