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		<title>CTV Winnipeg: New train detection system on track to alert motorists, first responders about railway traffic</title>
        
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		<description><![CDATA[“If there are other kinds of problems with a train, then we’ll know where they are faster,” said Barry Prentice, the director of the University of Manitoba’s transport institute. The new Trainfo agreement is expected to cost around $421,680 and will be covered by the grant from Transport Canada, as well as a local developer. [&#8230;]]]></description>
        
        <alt_description><![CDATA[<img width="120" height="90" src="https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/pexels-justin-lawson-2043708-3668481-120x90.jpg" class="attachment-newsfeed size-newsfeed wp-post-image" alt="Train tracks in black and white (photo by: Justin Lawson)" style="margin-bottom:0px;" decoding="async" /> New train detection system on track to alert motorists, first responders about railway traffic]]></alt_description>
        
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“If there are other kinds of problems with a train, then we’ll know where they are faster,” said Barry Prentice, the director of the University of Manitoba’s transport institute.</p>
<p>The new Trainfo agreement is expected to cost around $421,680 and will be covered by the grant from Transport Canada, as well as a local developer. If the project is approved, motorists could see the technology come into effect later this year and stick around until at least 2030.</p>
<p>To read the full story and to watch the story, please follow the link to <a href="https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/new-train-detection-system-on-track-to-alert-motorists-first-responders-about-railway-traffic-1.7164584">CTV Winnipeg</a>.&nbsp;</p>
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