{"id":856599,"date":"2026-08-13T13:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/856599\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T13:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T13:08:09","slug":"manitoba-government-to-explore-southern-winnipeg-rail-bypass-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/856599\/","title":{"rendered":"Manitoba government to explore southern Winnipeg rail bypass route"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WINNIPEG \u2013 Manitoba says it will be looking closer at the potential of shifting Winnipeg freight rail traffic to a route just south of the city.<\/p>\n<p>The government says Lloyd Axworthy will lead the 90-day feasibility study and consultation to explore how realistic it is to try and move the traffic to a route that would follow a Manitoba Hydro corridor.<\/p>\n<p>It says the work builds on a rail relocation study that Axworthy was asked in 2024 to lead.<\/p>\n<p>Proponents of rail relocation say it would increase safety by no longer shipping hazardous materials through residential areas.<\/p>\n<p>They have also cited a desire to remove large rail yards that serve as barriers between neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of moving rail lines has been brought up since the 1960s, and the cost has been estimated at well above $1 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The Journal of Commerce will have more on this story.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a92026 The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WINNIPEG \u2013 Manitoba says it will be looking closer at the potential of shifting Winnipeg freight rail traffic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-856599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}