Private company

Ottawa Valley Railway

Shortline rail road in the provinces of Ontario and Québec, Canada

Ottawa Valley Railway (reporting mark RLK) is a Canadian railway that operates 180 miles (290 km) of track in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and is owned by Genesee & Wyoming Canada Inc., the Canadian subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. The railway began operations on 30 October 1996 under the auspices of RaiLink Canada, and fell under the control of RailAmerica after that company bought RaiLink in July 1999.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Oct 30, 1996Founded1
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Photo: KReiss, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Ottawa Valley Railway (reporting mark RLK) is a Canadian railway that operates 180 miles (290 km) of track in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and is owned by Genesee & Wyoming Canada Inc., the Canadian subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc.2

Corporate structure

Ottawa Valley Railway is part of a group headed by Genesee & Wyoming. 48 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Canadian Pacific Railway1

Timeline

  1. 2012Acquired Acquired by Genesee & Wyoming1
  2. Oct 30, 1996Founded Founded1

Sources

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