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.
KEARNY, N.J. – NJ Transit and Amtrak prepare to open the first track on the new Portal North Bridge in New Jersey.
CAMDEN, S.C. –– Amtrak announced this week that it has completed a comprehensive series of improvements at both the Camden Station and the Denmark Railway Depot in South Carolina, which are each served twice daily by Amtrak’s Floridian route.
BOSTON – The signing of a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) advances the North Station Draw One Bridge Replacement Project.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is addressing a third rail power issue on the Orange Line.
BALTIMORE – Amtrak says on March 23, it will begin accepting grant applications for projects along the Frederick Douglass Tunnel alignment in Baltimore.
NEW YORK – In February, Amtrak began to cutover, or transfer, one track of service from the existing bridge to the new Portal North Bridge.
DALLAS – Sound Transit has selected AECOM to deliver design, planning, environmental services, project and construction management (PMCM) services through three multiple-award task order contracts (MATOCs).
TORONTO – Construction has begun on Metrolinx’s East Harbour Transit Hub, a new interchange station, in Toronto.
SAN FRANCISCO – Balfour Beatty receives several high distinctions from Associated General Contractors (AGC) of California for its involvement on the Caltrain Electrification project.
NEW YORK CITY – MTA Construction & Development has released its Year in Review and Strategic Plan. In it, C&D says it has generated $1.2 billion in savings in 2025.
PORTLAND, Ore. – STV announced it has completed designs for the first six traction power substations under TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project.