MTA completes replacement of 10th Avenue Bridge in Mount Vernon
MTA’s work on vehicle and pedestrian bridges that cross Metro-North’s New Haven commuter line is underway. Tenth Avenue Bridge is complete.
MTA’s work on vehicle and pedestrian bridges that cross Metro-North’s New Haven commuter line is underway. Tenth Avenue Bridge is complete.
REMSA posted news on Monday, June 1, 2021
Major news from the CHSRA this week.
Watco continues to grow its network of short line railroads.
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its final report on the Kingman, Arizona BNSF train collision in 2018.
Sound Transit is ready to open its new Operations and Maintenance Facility: East (OMF East), a key component of upcoming Link extensions to Northgate, Lynnwood, Federal Way and Redmond.
L.B. Foster announced the commercial launch of a Low Temperature (LT) version of their proven ALLEVIATE traction enhancer product for top-of-rail use.
This was not a good weekend for Union Pacific. The railroad experienced two significant derailments, one on Saturday and one on Sunday.
TTCI freight rail research has achieved a significant new milestone.
Editor’s Note: TriMet is making some significant improvements to their MAX Blue Line. Below is a press release prepared by Tyler Graf of TriMet outlining major parts of the project. DCL
This weekend, Sat. May 15 and Sun. May 16, there will be no subway service on the portion of Line 1 between Sheppard-Yonge and St Clair stations due to track maintenance.
The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) issued a Request for Proposals this week for design and permit-support services for development of the Louisiana International Terminal in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.
While this is not a typical RT&S story, the U.S. DOT’s efforts to reduce the impact of the Colonial Pipeline outage are worth reviewing.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced that the New York City Subway, Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad have reached pandemic ridership records, with 2,239,500 trips on the New York City Subway (including 3,823 on the Staten Island Railway), 101,600 LIRR, and 83,100 Metro-North trips recorded on Friday, May 7. New York City Buses reached a pandemic high one day earlier, on Thursday, May 6, of 1,245,629.
Although it’s a different company and a short line now, the grand old name of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad is associated with news headlines.
The MBTA commuter rail network is currently rolling out new digital tools to help train operations.
Utah Transit Authority has selected HNTB to consult on program management services.
Watco continues to grow with the addition of a rail and transloading facility.
Two technology companies have announced their intention to merge.
SEPTA is facing a possible significant cut in its Fiscal Year 2022 Capital Budget.