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      • NS Begins Allegheny Commons Pedestrian Bridge Replacement
      • Union Pacific Rolls Out Donald J. Trump Locomotive
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    • Shortline/Regional
      • PUCO Approves Safety Upgrades
      • Kentucky Invests $3.1MM in Railway Infrastructure
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      • STV Delivers Industrial Water Infrastructure at Amtrak’s Ivy City Yard
      • UIPA Board Approves $500K for Rail Yard Relocation
      • NS Upgrades South Kickback Track at Lamberts Point
      • RailPros Acquires Diverging Approach
  • Passenger
    • Intercity
      • January 2026: Construction of the launch box at the tunnel portal in New Jersey. HTP Work Stoppage on the Way?
      • Choppy Air for Brightline
      • MassDOT To Reveal Conceptual Amtrak Station Design for Palmer
      • Skanska JV, VPRA Sign Contract to Build Long Bridge North in Washington, D.C.
    • Commuter/Regional
      • MBTA Celebrates Foxboro Commuter Rail Station Upgrades
      • Accessibility Upgrades Continue at Saratoga Springs Station
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      • WMATA: Broken Third Rail Near New Carrollton
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      • Sound Transit Board Adopts Updated ST3
      • RTD Begins Reconstruction June 7
      • MDOT MTA Purple Line Newsletter Released for May 2026
      • Federal Transit Administration Announces Funding for Transit-Oriented Development
  • Track Construction
    • Construction
      • IO and Metrolinx Issue RFP for Yonge North Subway Extension
      • NS Begins Allegheny Commons Pedestrian Bridge Replacement
      • Sound Transit Board Adopts Updated ST3
      • UIPA Board Approves $500K for Rail Yard Relocation
    • Ballast, Ties, Rail
      • Vossloh To Equip High-Speed Rail Line
      • January 2026: Construction of the launch box at the tunnel portal in New Jersey. HTP Work Stoppage on the Way?
      • ST&T’s 30-member team has an “unwavering commitment to safety,” according to owner CPKC, and has increased output from 460,000 ties in 2022 to more than 700,000 in 2024. ST&T Marks Safety Milestone
      • Historic N.C. Rail Line May Be Rebuilt After Helene
  • Track Maintenance
    • ON Track Maintenance
      • UTA Begins Summer Construction
      • MBTA Completes Green Line C Branch Work
      • Merrimac Bridge Project is Complete
      • CSX Shares Day in the Life of a Track Supervisor
    • OFF Track Maintenance
      • MBTA Celebrates Foxboro Commuter Rail Station Upgrades
      • STV Delivers Industrial Water Infrastructure at Amtrak’s Ivy City Yard
      • Historic Prince Station to Receive Upgrades
      • MBTA to Begin Construction at Symphony Station June 6
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Metra
  • April 16, 2021
  • Passenger

Regional Transportation Authority Chicago transit ridership survey reveals challenges for Chicago region in COVID’s wake

New survey results indicate that about 80 percent of transit users who stopped riding during the pandemic plan on returning to CTA, Metra, and Pace if COVID-19 concerns diminish.

  • April 15, 2021
  • Passenger

Commentary—What will the future of public transit look like?

As much as we may try to ascertain, we do not know exactly what the future of public transit will look like.

  • April 15, 2021
  • Passenger

Rail Group On Air: The European Year of Rail with Philippe Citroën, Director General, UNIFE (European Rail Industry Association)

The European Commission has designated 2021 as the European Year of Rail and is planning a series of events and initiatives throughout the year to promote rail as a sustainable transport mode.

  • April 15, 2021
  • Track Construction

NJ Transit retaining wall, a crumbling risk for last four years, will finally be replaced

Four years after the pieces, NJ Transit is finally getting to the whole.

  • April 15, 2021
  • Passenger

Caltrain, BART, and other San Francisco Bay Area transit agencies could come under one umbrella

Public transportation in the San Francisco Bay Area needs some help attracting riders as the nation slowly recovers from the pandemic.

  • April 14, 2021
  • Passenger

Commission cites ongoing safety issues at WMATA

Continuing safety issues are front and center at Washington Metro.

  • April 14, 2021
  • Passenger

With affordability gap at a whopping $11.5B, Sound Transit asks public for input

Through April 30, regional residents are encouraged to provide input to the Sound Transit Board of Directors on priorities for managing an unprecedented financial environment in its work to advance voter-approved transit projects that are not already under construction.

  • April 14, 2021
  • Grade Crossings

Metra releases ambitious 2021 infrastructure repair/construction agenda

Spring traditionally marks the beginning of construction season across the Chicago region and the Metra system is no exception. Work has already started on Metra’s 2021 construction program and will continue throughout summer and fall.

  • April 14, 2021
  • Freight

Rail Group On Air: Shift5 with Josh Lospinoso, Michael Weigand, and Gil Lamphere

Shift5’s mission is to make the world’s fleets smarter and safer. Shift5 is a product company that deploys hardware and software onto civilian and military platforms—from rail and aircraft to maritime, space, and weapons systems.

  • April 14, 2021
  • Freight

Edmonton decides to go with overpass to deal with rail traffic on 50 Street

The city of Edmonton has unveiled the design for an overpass to help deal with rail traffic on 50 Street.

  • April 13, 2021
  • Passenger

Las Vegas is not all about high-speed rail as officials look at local light-rail option

Las Vegas is connected to one of the hottest rail topics over the past year, a high-speed line connecting the gambler’s paradise with Los Angeles, but the city knows it also needs to take care of its own.

  • April 13, 2021
  • Safety

Rail Group On Air: Deuta America and safety human interfaces for train control

PTC has made much progress at reducing railroad operational risks, but optimizing safety and efficiency never stops.

short line railroad
  • April 13, 2021
  • Shortline/Regional

Hopedale 11 appeals decision puts land agreement with short line railroad on pause

The Hopedale 11 wants the 85 to be 130, and an appeals court has given the group a chance at the bigger number.

  • April 13, 2021
  • Freight

FRA wants to make sure head minorities, women get fair shot at federal funds for rail projects

Underscoring the Biden-Harris Administration’s focus on promoting diversity and inclusion, the U.S. DOT’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is conducting a first-of-its-kind nationwide small, minority-owned and woman-owned business disparity study

  • April 12, 2021
  • Passenger

Is MARTA’s second look at Beltline project a sign the agency might back away?

MARTA says there are gaps in a proposed 22-mile light-rail transit route on the Atlanta Beltline, but some are worried the agency will end up leaving a big hole in transit for the city.

  • April 12, 2021
  • Railroad News

Rail Group On Air: Europe’s Rail with Shift2Rail Executive Director Carlo Borghini

IRJ Editor-in-Chief Kevin Smith is joined by Carlo Borghini, Executive Director of Shift2Rail, to discuss the successor to the Shift2Rail European railway research program, Europe’s Rail.

  • April 12, 2021
  • Passenger

Brightline CEO confirms Las Vegas construction in 2021, but Amtrak enters the scene as a competitor

Safe bets usually do not produce huge returns in Las Vegas, but it might be different in the case of high-speed rail.

  • April 12, 2021
  • Passenger

Sound Transit announces October 2 opening of Northgate Link

After 15 years of planning and construction, Sound Transit announced Friday that the Northgate Link will officially open on October 2 of this year.

  • April 09, 2021
  • Track Construction

Biden gives green light to resumption of Gateway Project

Today, the Biden administration announced that a critical milestone in the Gateway Tunnel Project will be achieved in May—the completion of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) and the Record of Decision (ROD).

  • April 09, 2021
  • Track Construction

Bells & Whistles—Calif. high-speed rail takes another hit

Historic Bismarck-Mandan Rail Bridge one step closer to demolition ‘Inherently dangerous’ Illinois railroad crossing could be wiped out soon NTSB issues preliminary report on investigation of railway employee fatality Will the BART/Millbrae

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