As of July 2023, the Nanaimo area has the one and only active rail customer on the Island railway.
These are not complete lists — If you know of other current customers or in the history of the E&N please contact me.
Current Traffic (including Transloads to truck)
- Superior Propane (near Bowen Road – Nanaimo)
- Maintenance of Way – Southern Railway of Vancouver Island
- Transload from Nanaimo Harbour to Truck
- Two Electrical Pole manufacturers near Courtenay formerly shipped by rail but now export their poles by truck to Welcox where it is transloaded.
- Various Trail works alongside railway in Parksville, Qualicum, and Courtenay areas.
Former Traffic, Rail Sidings, and Future Possibilities
- Parksville Propane
- Parksville Industrial Park
- Parksville Buckerfields
- North Nanaimo Industrial Park (Aulds Road)
- South Nanaimo Industrial Park
- Various within City of Nanaimo
- Nanoose Bay and Northwest Bay Road (Logging)
- Alpine Milling Services (Qualicum Bay)
- Lighthouse Feed and Garden (Bowser)
- Natural Glacial Waters Inc (Mud Bay)
- Mud Bay Sawmill
- Baynes Sound Oysters (Various locations)
- Deepwater Recovery Limited (Baynes Sound)
- Chinook Forest Products (Courtenay)
- South Courtenay Mall (Various)
- Courtenay Public Works Yard