MBTA Announces Construction Schedule for First Part of 2025
BOSTON – The MBTA announced its construction schedule for the first half of 2025.
BOSTON – The MBTA announced its construction schedule for the first half of 2025.
SAN JOSE, Calif. – The Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) gave a progress update on the overhaul of its infrastructure.
NEW YORK CITY – The MTA announced its Westchester Sq-East Tremont Av (6) Station is now fully accessible.
FORT WORTH, Texas – From BNSF’s Rail Talk, Leslie Smith writes about the invention of the rotary snowplow.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) released that it has finished its Downtown Metrorail construction early.
PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh Regional Transit announced two rail projects will begin January 2nd that will help improve reliability and safety.
DECATUR, Ill. – Norfolk Southern’s Engineering team has completed major infrastructure upgrades in 30 hours across two states last November.
CHICAGO – Metra has finished its Homewood Station project after crews spent 20 months to rebuild the station and improve ADA accessibility.
NEW YORK CITY – The MTA announced the award of a contract for constructing ADA-accessibility upgrades at five subway stations. The package is called ADA Package 6 and will include the Middletown Road subway station in the Bronx.
CHICAGO – The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) announced it has completed planned work in 2024 as part of its Refresh & Renew program.
ATLANTA – From the December 2024 issue of Railway Track & Structures, here is a lineup of friction management solutions from suppliers across the industry.
WILSON, N.C. – Amtrak’s G.K. Butterfield Station received renovations as part of a $4 million project with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), the City of Wilson, the North Carolina Department of Transportation, and CSX.
LACEY, Wash. – The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) approved a $73,000 grant for a Puyallup fencing project.
BOSTON – After track work on the Red Line, the MBTA reports the line has no speed restrictions for the first time in twenty years.
NEWTON, Mass. – Newtonville Station will be the first fully accessible MBTA station for Newton, Massachusetts.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba – The Arctic Gateway Group (AGG) released information that shows improvements of the Hudson Bay Railway.
Mining railroad VALE EFVM (Estrada de Ferro Vitória a Minas) in Brazil has equipped locomotive No. 1256 with ENSCO Rail’s Autonomous Track Geometry Measurement System (ATGMS), according to the supplier. The system is described as providing “continuous,
PHILADELPHIA – To celebrate the completion of the SEPTA Airport Line Platform Upgrade Project, the Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) held a ribbon cutting on November 15th.
CHICAGO – Metra’s Electric line will be shut down for two separate weekends in December to allow for South Shore Line expansion construction.
SPEONK, N.Y. – The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) provided pumper tanks to Suffolk County fire departments in order to battle brush fires.