CHICAGO – Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced that four reconstructed Red Line stations will open on Sunday, July 20, 2025 as part of the CTA’s $2.1 billion Red and Purple Modernization (RPM) Phase One Project.
CHICAGO – Metra begins rehabilitation to expand the 95th St./Chicago State University Station on its Electric Line.
PHILADELPHIA – SEPTA will shut down service on the Chestnut Hill East Regional Rail Line from June 15th to September 2nd to allow for five bridges to be repaired.
NEWARK/NEW YORK CITY – The Gateway Development Commission has released a video highlighting the workers on the Hudson Tunnel Project.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– The U.S. Government Accountability Office has reported that many commuter rail systems are still struggling post-pandemic.
JACKSON HEIGHTS, N.Y. –– Last week, an MTA conductor was allegedly slapped in the face by an unknown assailant as his train was about to pull out of the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street subway station.
LYNDHURST, N.J. – NJ TRANSIT completed construction on the new Lyndhurst Station in New Jersey.
NEWARK, N.J. – NJ TRANSIT announced it has awarded a contract to replace two escalators at Hamilton Station, one of the busiest stations along the NEC.
RIVERDALE, N.Y. – The MTA announced a plan to protect the Metro-North Hudson Line infrastructure from the future effects of climate change, including stormwater runoff and flooding.
HAMILTON, Ontario – The Ontario government announces it has finished construction at the West Harbour GO Station. This includes an upgrade to reduce travel time for more than 250,000 commuters in Niagara Falls and St. Catharines.
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) Worcester Union Station Accessibility Improvements Project has won the 2025 American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) National Recognition Award and the ACEC/Massachusetts Engineering Excellence Award.
YAPHANK, N.Y. – The MTA broke ground on the new Yaphank Long Island Rail Road station. It will be relocated, closer to East End highways and the Brookhaven National Laboratory.
BOSTON – Walpole Station opened March 31, 2025 following upgrades to make the station more accessible.
NEW YORK CITY – The MTA Construction & Development (C&D) released its 2024 Year in Review and 2025 Strategic Plan, where it reports $3 billion was saved on capital project delivery in the first five years.
CHICAGO –– The Chicago Regional Transit Authority (RTA) announced this week that transit agencies in the region, including the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra commuter rail service, and PACE bus service could all see drastic cuts in 2026 if something is not done to address the $770 million budget shortfall these agencies face.
CHICAGO, Ill. – Metra on March 18 detailed its program for the 2025 construction season, covering station, track, road crossing, bridge, and signal/communications improvement projects along the Chicagoland commuter railroad’s 11 lines totaling
Seattle, Wash. –– Sound Transit has announced that it has selected a new CEO and is now negotiating the contract with this individual.
SHIRLEY, N.Y. – On the Montauk branch, the Long Island Rail Road Mastic-Shirley station has received renovations.
Boston — [This week], State Auditor Diana DiZoglio’s Office released an audit report of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority – Keolis Contract, reviewing the period from June 1, 2020 through December 31, 2023.
KEARNY, N.J. – Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner and NJ TRANSIT President and CEO Kris Kolluri visited the Portal North Bridge to highlight the third arch’s delivery.