Purchasing buggy whips? Minn. state senate kills passenger rail line
The Northern Lights passenger rail system has been extinguished permanently in the state of Minnesota.
The Northern Lights passenger rail system has been extinguished permanently in the state of Minnesota.
The top news stories RT&S was following the week ending April 29.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) Board of Directors certified the Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) and unanimously approved the approximately 90-mile San Jose-to-Merced project section in northern California.
SEPTA released its proposed Fiscal Year 2023 Capital Budget and 12-Year Program. The proposed Capital Budget is a record-breaking plan – the first to break the billion-dollar mark, while the proposed 12-Year Program represents SEPTA’s largest-ever investment in the system at $11.4 billion – almost twice as large as the current program.
Expanding GO Train service along the Barrie Line is on track as construction starts at Maple and King City GO Stations, and work gets underway to install a second set of tracks.
Ontario’s Greater Golden Horseshoe will be saddled up for more passenger rail service in the future.
Last month, a Caltrain commuter train collided with three stopped hi-rail vehicles on mainline track near San Bruno, Calif.
A bullet train serving the Pacific Northwest just got a pile of cash stuffed in the holster.
Official support is coming in for a proposed I-20 passenger rail service line that would run between Fort Worth and Atlanta.
There are two certainties in life, and one of them is past due for Texas Central.
Last week, SEPTA’s Board approved an amended Capital Budget for the current fiscal year to add approximately $95 million in funding that has been made available through the recently enacted federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL).
Metro yesterday celebrated the success of its Business Solution Center, Business Interruption Fund and the Eat, Shop, Play construction mitigation programs, all of which have all helped local businesses survive during the prolonged construction period for the 8.5-mile Crenshaw/LAX Line.
Commuter Rail Coalition Director of Government Relations John Cline of Cline Strategic Consulting, industry lobbyists Julie Minerva of Carpi & Clay and Bennett Resnik of Cardinal Infrastructure, and CRC Executive Director KellyAnne Gallagher join Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono for a conversation on what 2022 may hold in store for commuter rail priorities.
Metra’s BNSF line will see schedule changes and service increase to nearly pre-pandemic levels.
With more than 30 years advising industry leaders, Chip Knowlton has joined HDR as infrastructure consulting business transformation director.
ESG is one of the latest business acronyms. If you haven’t run across it yet, you will soon.
The Federal Transit Administration continues to support the daily operations of public transportation agencies.
A Norfolk Southern train derailment over the weekend had Amtrak cancelling trips.
To accommodate Caltrain electrification construction work, temporary service changes in the weekday morning and late afternoon schedules (5:30-9 am and 3:30-7 pm) will be in effect.
Koppers Holdings Inc., announced two new leadership appointments to support the company’s long-term strategy to grow shareholder value detailed at its Investor Day event held in September 2021.