Southern Railway of Vancouver Island (SVI) is the operating railroad for
Vancouver Island freight and potential passenger services and works under a haulage arrangement with Southern Railway of British Columbia Limited (SRY). SVI provides rail freight services to various customers on Vancouver Island via
Transload operation based in (Nanaimo) Wellcox yard offering connections to
North American Railroads (Canadian National, Canadian Pacific, Burlington North
Santa Fe, and Union Pacific) who have the ability to reach across the continent. SVI is the rail operator for the Island Corridor Foundation (ICF) and is well positioned to operate any future or potential rail operations which may arise,
this includes expanding Transload Operations, Freight, Tourism, Passenger or