Elected officials and community leaders are rallying in support of Caltrain‘s $20-million request for federal funding to help electrify and upgrade the performance, operating efficiency, capacity, safety and reliability of the passenger rail service.
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) $12.8 million in Transit Security Grant Program funds to enhance security and help protect the Transbay Tube, one of BART’s most critical assets.
TriMet in Portland, Ore., has been awarded a $25,000 grant by Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI), and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).
Richard J. “Rick” Corman, founder of R. J. Corman Railroad Group, died the morning of August 23, 2013, following a 12-year battle with multiple myeloma. Corman died at his home in Nicholasville, Ky., surrounded by his family. He was 58.
A Canadian Senate committee is recommending a review of the country’s practices regarding dangerous goods, while the Transportation Safety Board of Canada is turning its eyes toward the possibility of implementing positive train control (PTC) systems on its railroads.
In Minnesota, the Metropolitan Council Chair Susan Haigh addressed concerns surrounding the Southwest Light Rail Transit (LRT) green line extension and said more time is needed to evaluate all the options available.
VIA Rail Canada has suspended service between Matapédia, New Carlisle and Gaspé, as a result of Société du chemin de fer de la Gaspésie (SCFG)’s rail infrastructure problems in Quebec.
The Federal Railroad Administration approved Marquette Rail, LLC‘s Product Safety Plan (PSP), allowing the railroad to use RailSoft Systems Inc.’s TrackAccess Track Reservation System in the autonomous mode.
Watco Companies hired Jeff Van Schaick as assistant vice president, government affairs.
According to a report by industry research firm IBISWorld, despite a slight downturn during the recession, the railroad track construction industry has experienced strong growth in the past five years
In Denver, Colo., the Regional Transportation District (RTD) celebrates milestones on its Eagle P3 project and I-225 Rail Line.
Sound Transit celebrated 10 years of light-rail service on its Tacoma Link August 21.
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has awarded more than $4.9 million to intermodal projects in the state. FDOT selected four projects to fund from a total of eight applications received in the FY 2012/2013 funding cycle.
The next segment of a $40-million facelift of the Long Island Rail Road’s (LIRR) Massapequa Station started August 21, as the railroad continues the work it began in the spring on a two-year rehabilitation project.
BNSF plans to invest an estimated $125 million on maintenance and rail capacity improvement and expansion projects in Washington state this year.
Work is underway to help stabilize slopes and stop landslides along the Pacific Northwest’s only north-south passenger rail corridor.
The new $103-million West Haven passenger rail station, which is used by New Haven Line customers and operated by Metro-North Railroad under contract to Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT), is now open.
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) Harrison Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp. (PATH) rail station is on track to being transformed into a 21st Century transit facility as part of Harrison’s ongoing renaissance project.
Greenbriar Equity Group LLC, a New York-based private equity firm focused exclusively on the global transportation industry, has acquired Nordco Inc. Nordco will immediately become a majority-owned Greenbriar portfolio company.
Tutor Perini Corporation’s joint venture has executed a contract with the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) for the design and construction of the initial Madera to Fresno segment of the California high-speed rail system.
