Texas House gives underground rights to Capital Metro for light-rail tunnels

Few people go to the park and wonder what it looks like underneath the surface. That might change in Austin, Texas, as the state House of Representatives passed a landmark bill for the city’s future light-rail line.

Brightline CEO: Congress needs to do more to encourage high-speed rail projects

President Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg have been pushing high-speed rail since January, but Congress needs to really pull for it.

Rail overpass that collapsed in Mexico City has been a ticking time bomb, needed ‘ongoing maintenance’

As cranes were removing two train cars that were left hanging from a light-rail overpass that collapsed on May 3, Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador promised a thorough and open investigation on the cause of the accident.

New York City’s Second Avenue Subway project is back on

Federal stimulus payments to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) are paying off in terms of the chance for the completion of the Second Avenue Subway project in East Harlem.

Edmonton’s Valley Line should be ready to run later this year

Edmonton’s Valley Line Southeast LRT line is expected to open in late 2021.

BART construction project begins in southern Alameda County

BART’s southern Alameda County track replacement project has begun.

Bridge failure causes horrific train crash in Mexico City

Death and injury resulted from a subway bridge collapse in Mexico City.

Texas Central Railroad finds the power source behind high-speed rail project

The high-speed rail line project that will connect Dallas to Houston is literally powering up.

BNSF has had it with preservation efforts for Bismark-Mandan Rail Bridge

The historic Bismark-Mandan rail bridge is once again in the news.

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Contractor wants to accelerate summer bridge work in N.D. and use hay bales to block noise

The summer brings longer daylight hours, and one contractor in North Dakota wants to put in more night hours as well.

New York lawmaker wants Amtrak to repair rail tunnels one way … and it could become law

Repairing tunnels damaged by Hurricane Sandy would have a ripple effect on other projects in New York.

Bells & Whistles—HART light-rail line might not make it to the end

Amtrak hoping for another $5.4 billion from Congress Single-tracking Purple Line in Montgomery County, Md., will put project at ‘significant risk’ Historic rail bridge in Iowa will be difficult to move, but

Congresswoman requests funding for next phase of Metra yard move

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.) has requested $4,000,000 to continue the work of Metra’s move from an in-town yard in Crystal Lake to a larger facility in Woodstock.

L.B. Foster awarded contract to supply concrete ties for major project at Houston Metro

Houston Metro has awarded a major contract to L.B. Foster.

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Amtrak hoping for another $5.4 billion from Congress

Amtrak is hoping President Biden is true to his nickname after the passenger service’s latest budget request.

TTC continues to accelerate switch and track work with closure of portion of Line 1 for 10 days

TTC is continuing a process it began in mid-March—closing portions of Line 1 for 10 days to complete track work.

Single-tracking Purple Line in Montgomery County, Md., will put project at ‘significant risk’

Montgomery County, Md., is not going to get its wish.

Watch: 360-degree video of what main feature of Calif. high-speed rail project will look like

The San Joaquin River Viaduct is an approximately 4,700-ft structure that will span the San Joaquin River in north Fresno and the Union Pacific tracks parallel to S.R. 99.

Somerville, Mass., hoping to recover money it put up to save Green Line Extension project

Back in 2016 it was called “an extreme and unprecedented arrangement for a state infrastructure project.” Today, however, the city of Somerville, Mass., might be getting its money back.

Historic rail bridge in Iowa will be difficult to move, but county is hoping there is a taker

A 119-year-old Union Pacific steel truss railroad bridge might be too big for any takers.

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