MBTA Celebrates Accessibility Improvements at Franklin Station
FRANKLIN, Mass. – MBTA’s Franklin Station has been upgraded with accessibility improvements.
Brightline West Begins Infrastructure Improvements October 27
LAS VEGAS – Brightline West is beginning to make improvements to infrastructure between Eldorado Lane and Robindale Road along Las Vegas Boulevard.
CHSRA Hosts Small Business Diversity and Resources Fair
BURLINGAME, Calif. – California High-Speed rail Authority hosted the Small Business Diversity and Resources Fair with more than 300 small businesses.
BNSF Upgrades 130 Miles of Track to CWR
LA JUNTA, Colo. – BNSF worked with the Colorado and Kansas departments of transportation and Amtrak on a track project.
Holland Expands Welding Portfolio
UNIVERSITY PARK, Ill. – Holland has acquired key products, technologies, and intellectual property from ARR Rail Solutions Ltd.
Some Long Island Rail Road Employees Abusing Time Cards to Get Paid When Not Working
NEW YORK –– The MTA Inspector General’s office announced this week that a three-year investigation uncovered a “culture of fraud and abuse.”
John Orr Talks Passenger Trains – Rail Group On Air
As Norfolk Southern Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, John Orr holds ultimate responsibility for every train on the Class I’s vast network, freight and passenger. Relationships between passenger carriers and
ICC Approves Upgrades in Kankakee and Carroll Counties
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) has approved upgrades in both Kankakee County and Carroll County.
MDOT MTA Purple Line Newsletter Released for October 2025
BALTIMORE – The MDOT MTA released its Purple Line newsletter for October 2025. It includes construction updates, a business spotlight, and a message from Purple Line Senior Project Director Ray Biggs, II.
NJ Transit Begins Fall Cleanup With AquaTrack Machines
NEWARK, N.J. – NJ Transit begins fall maintenance with two AquaTrack machines.
IO and Metrolinx Release RFQ for Yonge North Subway Extension
TORONTO – Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the Yonge North Subway Extension stations, rail and systems package.
VTA Confirms Preferred Tunnel Alignment and Configuration
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) confirms the large single bore as the preferred tunnel configuration for the BART Silicon Valley Phase II project.
STV Acquires Cypress Construction Management, LLC
SACRAMENTO – STV, a North American professional services firm that specializes in designing and managing infrastructure projects, has acquired Cypress Construction Management, LLC.
Sensonic and Skylark Drones Sign MoU for Rail Infrastructure Monitoring Technology
NEW DELHI, India – Sensonic announced it has partnered with Skylark Drones to provide railway infrastructure monitoring technologies.
BNSF Conductor Dies After Being Hit by a Train
COLUMBUS, Mont. –– Yesterday, a BNSF conductor was hit and killed by a passing train.
CTDOT To Rehabilitate Railroad Switch Tower
STAMFORD, Conn. – CTDOT will work to rehabilitate an out-of-service railroad switch tower on the Metro North New Haven Line.
Eric Gebhardt Headlines Third Annual TTC Conference & Tour
Nearly 300 professionals from freight and passenger railroads, industry suppliers and consultants, universities, and research organizations gathered in Pueblo, Colo., earlier this month for the Third Annual TTC Conference & Tour, reported host
Amtrak Upgrades Stations Across North Dakota
FARGO, N.D. – Amtrak has made an estimated $30 million in upgrades at passenger stations in North Dakota.
Caledonia GO Station Construction Begins
TORONTO – The Ontario government announced it has begun construction on Caledonia GO Station in Toronto.
A Few Better Ideas: A Contrarian View (Commentary)
CHICAGO –– Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena claims to have identified a number of rail industry shortcomings that according to him can only be solved by his proposed transcontinental merger between the Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern railroads. The first of these shortcomings we would like to focus on is the well-known issue of the Chicago interchange.