The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority awarded the third and final design-build contract, worth $48.7 million, for the light-rail project from Pasadena to Azusa, Calif., to Webcor Builders.

Harsco Rail secured a new service order for a two-year track renewal project in North America.

AECOM Technical Services, Inc., a subsidiary of AECOM Technology Corporation, is working on a $43.9-million contract from the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation to provide design services for a portion…

Axion International Holdings, Inc., received an order worth more than $500,000 for its ECOTRAX composite crossties from Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) for use in the Trinity Railway Express (TRE)…

The Denver Regional Transportation District's (RTD) "call for innovation" to the private sector yielded an unsolicited proposal on February 22 for the North Metro Rail Line, part of its FasTracks…

T.Y. Lin International hired Vincent Montgomery, P.E., as associate vice president/national director of freight rail.

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority awarded a contract for the station finishes, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, ancillary buildings and entrances for the future Second Avenue Subway 72nd Street Station to…

Axion International Holdings, Inc., says the developmental progression of its ECOTRAX™ composite crossties is yielding consistently higher performance results, which meet and exceed domestic and international standards for crossties.

New Hampshire's Executive Council approved a $3.6-million contract to study options for passenger rail between Boston, Mass., and Concord, N.H.

Bombardier Transportation has won two international innovation awards for its TrackSafe technology, designed to improve safety and productivity for railway track workers.