Metra Extends Road Closure for Bridge Project
CHICAGO – Metra announced Milwaukee Avenue will be closed at Kilbourn Avenue until June 2024 as part of their bridge replacement project.
CHICAGO – Metra announced Milwaukee Avenue will be closed at Kilbourn Avenue until June 2024 as part of their bridge replacement project.
DEL MAR, Calif. – The city of Del Mar will hold events for the rail relocation project on November 6th and 15th.
LOS ANGELES – California High-Speed Rail Authority will add a fourth track to its Los Angeles-Anaheim segment.
FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. – In a news release, California High-Speed Rail Authority announced it has completed its eighth high-speed rail structure this year.
BOSTON – Service on the Red Line Ashmont Branch and Mattapan line has resumed after a 16-day shutdown for maintenance, according to the MBTA.
WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE, Ontario – Metrolinx has finished its Old Elm GO Station on the Stouffville Line.
TORONTO – Metrolinx’s Fairbank Station is one of the underground stations along its Eglinton Crosstown route.
NEW YORK CITY – MTA Metro-North Railroad reports that Governor Hochul has announced the beginning of construction on the Metro-North Park Avenue Viaduct Replacement Project.
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California High-Speed Rail Authority released a video about its Diversity & Resources Fair and gave a design update on its plan to extend the current 119 miles under construction.
MIAMI – Brightline has announced it has launched an RFP, or Request for Proposals for a new station along Florida’s Treasure Coast.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – WMATA put out a release that Metro is preparing for safety repairs on its Red Line for December.
PHILADELPHIA – SEPTA will deploy overnight crews to clean tracks until early December as a response to slippery rail season.
DENVER, Colo. – With frequent trains running each day, this leads to the ballast shifting and settling over time. In response, RTD is starting a program to resurface commuter rail track.
TORONTO – The TTC announced it will resume service along a section of Broadview Avenue after the first phase of its streetcar track renewal finished early.
SCARBOROUGH, N.Y. – The MTA Metro-North Railroad Hudson Line experienced a mudslide on October 21st and crews worked for 43 hours to clear the soil and debris.
BOSTON – Pre-fabricated rail ties were made to the wrong specifications and then installed on MBTA’s Green Line extension.
TORONTO – Metrolinx announced Bloor Street West (between St. Helens Avenue and Ruttan Street) will be closed from October 23-28 for bridge installation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Washington Metrorail Safety Commission, or WMSC, released its 44-page safety audit of WMATA’s Roadway Maintenance Machine Program.
NEW YORK CITY – Metro-North Railroad announces a rebranded ‘laser train’ design for fighting “leaf slime” that can damage train wheels.
SEACAUCUS, N.J. – NJ Transit’s chief of construction management for the new Portal Bridge construction, Mohammed Nasim, was fired and replaced with Frank Corso.