Canadian Pacific Railway has paused its bulldozers from demolishing community gardens in a Vancouver neighbourhood to meet with city officials about the land's use.
CP Rail says it has agreed to suspend track maintenance on its land for the next two to three weeks in an area known as the Arbutus corridor.
Residents have used it as a greenway since CP stopped running trains on its track more than 14 years ago, but the company announced plans earlier this summer to remove the gardens and renew rail operations.
CP Rail says on its website that if the two sides don't arrive at a "reasonable solution" it will resume the work.
Mayor Gregor Robertson has accused the company of bullying, saying the city's fair market offer to buy the land was rejected despite its view that there's no business case to reactivate cargo trains in the area.
The city and CP have had multiple discussions over the years about converting the 11-kilometre corridor of private land, but the company gave residents notice in June to remove personal items, sheds and gardens by July 31.
