Balfour Beatty Awarded $189,000 Contract for Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit Mainline Track
PETALUMA, Calif. – Balfour Beatty will deliver track surfacing, lining and ballast restoration under a $189,000 contract.
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WMATA to Close Four Red Line Stations Due to Maryland’s MTA Purple Line Project
WASHINGTON, D.C. – WMATA will utilize the closure of part of its Red Line due to Maryland’s MTA Purple Line project to perform routine maintenance.
CHSRA Extends SOQ Deadline to April
SACRAMENTO – CHSRA extends its deadline to submit an SOQ to April 4, 2024.
San Clemente Landslide Leads to Passenger Rail Service Suspension
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. – Amtrak and Metrolink passenger rail service were suspended on January 24, 2024 due to a landslide in San Clemente.
$100M for Green Line Light Rail Extension in Hennepin County
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Hennepin County Board Commissioners have approved another $100 million to help fund the Southwest Light Rail in Minneapolis.
Extreme Winter Weather Prompts TriMet To Shift ‘A Better Red’ Disruption One Week
PORTLAND, Ore. –– RT&S has reported for a while on the transit project in Portland, Oregon known as “A Better Red” for the city’s TriMet system. The agency recently announced that due to the severe winter weather experienced in the region, construction will be delayed one week. This story details both the nature of the disruption and how passengers can work around it.
BART To Replace Interlocking Near Richmond Station Starting Presidents’ Day Weekend
SAN FRANCISCO – Over the course of four non-consecutive weekends, BART will focus on a track improvement project regarding an interlocking replacement near Richmond Station.
$182MM Utility Relocation Contract Awarded for Second Avenue Subway Phase 2
NEW YORK CITY – For Phase 2 of the Second Avenue Subway Project, a $182 million utility relocation contract was awarded to C.A.C. Industries. The project will extend the Q train to East Harlem.
California State Senate Requests Action on Surf Line
SACRAMENTO –– Seven California state senators have written a letter to the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) requesting coordinated action to address the continuing problems of erosion and mudslides that have disrupted traffic on the the Surf Line route for many months.
MTA Construction & Development Honored for 2023 Projects
NEW YORK CITY – The MTA Construction & Development was honored with 21 awards for projects in 2023.
Chestnut Street Multimodal Station Breaks Ground in Ohio
OXFORD, Ohio – The $16.9 million multimodal station project has broken ground in Butler County.
Amtrak Kicks Off Construction at Gray 30th Street Station
PHILADELPHIA – A new era of passenger rail has officially launched in Philadelphia. Amtrak officials gathered today with federal, state and local representatives along with other community leaders to celebrate the construction kickoff for major renovations at William H. Gray III 30th Street Station in Philadelphia.
Pape North Connect Selected for Ontario Line Pape Tunnel and Underground Stations
ONTARIO – Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have selected Pape North Connect for the Ontario Line Pape Tunnel and Underground Stations contract.
Brightline West Will Begin Hiring Workers and Launch Field Investigation Work
LAS VEGAS – Brightline West launches field investigation work in Nevada, and it will begin to recruit workers to construct the high-speed rail system.
Caltrain Completes Testing of Three Electric Trains
SAN FRANCISCO –– Caltrain is one step closer to introducing electric service on a portion of its line with having finished the testing of three of the new electric trains.
NTSB Chair Blasts WMATA, Citing ‘Poor Safety Culture’
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Earlier this month, the Chair of the National Transportation Board, Jennifer Homendy, held a press conference announcing the findings of the agency’s investigation into a train derailment that occurred in October 2021.
Construction on New Brattleboro Amtrak Station Begins in March
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. – Enfield Enterprises, LLC will begin work on a new Amtrak train station in Brattleboro.
WATCH: Six-week MAX disruption begins Sunday as TriMet takes leap toward completing major Better Red milestone
Portland, Ore.––Construction on TriMet’s A Better Red MAX Extension and Reliability Improvements Project will close the Gateway Transit Center to MAX trains for six weeks starting Sunday, Jan. 14. With the MAX Blue, Green and Red lines impacted, shuttle buses will serve closed stations through the end of the disruption on Feb. 25. TriMet will also use this opportunity to perform reliability improvements to the MAX system along Interstate 84 and just east of the transit center.
MTA Announces Scarsdale Station Becomes Second Metro-North Station to Be Made Fully Accessible This Year
NEW YORK ––The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced that the Scarsdale Metro-North Station has been made fully accessible with the opening of a second elevator, in an enclosed tower, that serves the Grand Central-bound platform. As part of the improvement project, the overpass was raised seven inches to provide greater vertical clearance for Metro-North work trains and was enhanced with new customer amenities.
Southwest Light Rail Transit Project Revised Budget
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The revised budget for the Southwest Light Rail Transit Project is now $2.86 billion.