Metra Announces 2026 Construction Program
CHICAGO – Metra announces its 2026 construction program projects, including station improvements, grade crossing replacements, and tie replacement projects.
CHICAGO – Metra announces its 2026 construction program projects, including station improvements, grade crossing replacements, and tie replacement projects.
NEW YORK CITY – The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced it has modernized elevators and escalators across 11 lines in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
JAPAN –– Train name and logo finalised for fine dining service due to launch in March 2028.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– The White House budget proposal for Fiscal 2027 calls for a decrease in Amtrak spending.
LEWISTON, Pa. – Amtrak will begin construction on station and platform improvements at the Lewistown Station in Pennsylvania.
CHICAGO – Funds for CTA’s Red Line Extension (RLE) and Red & Purple Modernization Project (RPM) have been unfrozen.
PHILADELPHIA – SEPTA will begin a major rehabilitation project along the M Line on Sunday, March 29.
SEATTLE –– Sound Transit announces the first agency progressive design-build procurement will maintain and store light rail vehicles and provide more than 600 living wage jobs in South King County
GREAT BRITAIN –– HS2 Ltd CEO asked to examine lowering maximum speed from 360km/h [224 m.p.h.].
BOSTON – Phase 1 and 2 of MBTA’s major signal modernization work at Columbia Junction on the Red Line is almost complete. Phase 3 will begin March 26.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Amtrak recently released an updated report on the major infrastructure projects the agency currently has underway.
CHICAGO – On March 20, 2026, the Chicago Transit Authority filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to restore funding for the Red Line Extension (RLE) and Red & Purple Modernization (RPM) projects.
NEW YORK CITY – Amtrak gave a winter progress update on the East River Tunnel Rehab project.
SEATTLE – Amtrak has topped out a steel structure for a new train maintenance facility.
CHESTERTON, Ind. –– The South Shore Line is a commuter rail line that runs between Millennium Station in downtown Chicago to South Bend Airport Station in South Bend, Ind. This is an historic line on which the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District operates commuter rail service today. This week, South Shore announced that it will begin service on its new Monon Line on March 31.
BALTIMORE – The U.S. Green Building Council awarded LEED Silver certification to the Purple Line Operations and Maintenance Facility.
SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Transit Authority announced a lineup of 2026 maintenance projects on TRAX light rail and FrontRunner commuter rail lines.
SACRAMENTO – California High-Speed Rail Authority has issued a Request for Qualifications for an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ).
PARIS, France –– FRENCH new entrant, Le Train, has signed framework track access contracts with infrastructure manager SNCF Network to operate open-access high-speed services from Paris to Rennes and Bordeaux.
NORTH BAY, Ontario – The Ontario government announced the acquisition of 205 kilometers of rail between North Bay and Washago.