Trains may continue to thunder across a part of Clarington, but their whistles will be silenced from August, according to a municipal council decision.
Clarington Council has passed a resolution to stop train whistling at the following CN Rail grade crossings, effective August 2025:
- Bennett Road – Kingston West subdivision
- Cobbledick Road – Kingston West subdivision
The resolution follows federal railway safety rules and is meant to stop trains from sounding their whistles or horns at the listed public crossings.
While trains will no longer use their whistles regularly, they may still do so if there’s an immediate safety concern, as decided by the railway operator, said a municipal statement.
To allow this change, major safety upgrades have been made to the warning systems at the crossings, along with improvements to the roads, it added.
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Here we are now into October and the train whistles continue to blast at the crossings that were to be stopped–Bennet & Cobbledick. Please do something to bring us some peace and quiet!