As Caltrain takes on the challenges of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic head-on, the agency’s Board of Directors voted to approve interim operating and capital budgets for the first quarter of fiscal year
Herzog Transit Services, Inc. will deliver operation and maintenance services for Orange County’s first modern streetcar system under a $45M five-year contract with two, two-year optional extension periods. Herzog Transit Services, Inc.
RPM2.0, L.B. Foster’s next generation Remote Performance Monitoring (RPM) interface for trackside wheel/rail Friction Management systems, is here. The system that provides immediate, intuitive insight into the operation and performance of friction
The tar sand geography underneath the city of Los Angeles appears to have gooped up any hopes of avoiding cost overruns on the tunnel boring section of the Purple Line extension. Through
Wabtec Corporation launched an air-filtration innovation, called BlueFilter, to provide a clean, healthy environment for passengers on metro and trains. The TÜV-tested filter continuously provides fresh and clean air onboard metro and
Portland’s Metro Council showed solidarity on a financial package that will help pay for a $7 billion transportation plan. Now officials need to hope the votes come together in November. The Metro
Railway Track & Structures Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson talks construction projects, maintenance and dealing with a pandemic with CSX Vice President of Engineering Ricky Johnson. Rail Group On Air · Rail Group on
Sound Transit has selected South County Transit Partners, a joint venture (JV) of Mott MacDonald and SNC-Lavalin’s Atkins business, to continue its role providing project management services for the Federal Way Link
Click here for renderings of the future bridges MTA Metro-North Railroad today announced major construction will begin in July to replace two New Haven line bridges over Willet Avenue and Highland Street
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 6, 2020. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 433,171 carloads and intermodal units,
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Grant Program (Partnership Program). The NOFO
Much like the process itself, the proposal of replacing the West Seattle Bridge with an immersed tunnel has slipped into the Request for Qualification (RFQ). With residents supporting the idea of a
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and NJ Transit CEO & President Kevin Corbett today unveiled NJ Transit’s 10-year strategic plan entitled “NJT2030: A 10-Year Strategic Plan” and a complementary 5-Year Capital Plan.
Skanska has signed a contract with Amtrak to rehabilitate and restore maintenance facilities for the Next Generation Acela 21 high-speed rail service in Washington, D.C., Boston, and New York. The contract is
California lawmakers are getting ready to bring a knife to the fight. After months squabbling with the California High Speed Rail Authority, the California assembly has co-sponsored a resolution that calls for
The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Board approved a contract with Alstom Signaling Operations, LLC, to upgrade the agency’s Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System, on Tuesday, May 26. The DART
Twelve projects that will repair and rehabilitate passenger rail infrastructure across the U.S. have been awarded more than $302 million in grants by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) through the Federal-State Partnership for
From steam engines to hybrid diesel-electric locomotives, the freight rail industry has long been a pioneer of technology to expand our ability to move the global economy. As a technology leader, BNSF
Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown project reached a major milestone recently with the completion of the underpinning process at the Eglinton Station. A look at the progress of the Green Line Extension in Boston.
INVEST Act introduced by the House contains $165 million for transit/rail. Sound Transit projected to lose $12 billion through 2041. Elon Musk company wins project for transit loop in Calif. After train
