ALBANY – In a letter to Anthony Coscia and Roger Harris from Amtrak, New York Governor Hochul urged Amtrak to reevaluate its plans to shut down the East River Tunnels for its rehabilitation project. Instead, Gov. Hochul asked to shift to a ‘repair-in-place’ method.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Duffy announced this week that Amtrak and the Federal Railroad Administration have adopted a revised scope for a planned rehabilitation of the Dock Bridge over the Passaic River in New Jersey. The reduced funding is purported to save taxpayers $140 million.
HOUSTON – The FRA pulls $63.9 million in federal funds from the proposed Texas High-Speed Rail project that sought to add a high-speed rail route from Houston to Dallas.
BALTIMORE – In a video from B1M, Fred Mills takes a trip on the NEC to see how the infrastructure is being replaced and upgraded.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak President & CEO Stephen Gardner announced his resignation this week.
HOUSTON – Amtrak has moved forward with plans for a high-speed rail line between Dallas and Houston as it launches a procurement process for a Delivery Partner.
KEARNY, N.J. – Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner and NJ TRANSIT President and CEO Kris Kolluri visited the Portal North Bridge to highlight the third arch’s delivery.
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. – Amtrak, North Carolina Railroad, the state of North Carolina, and the town of Hillsborough are working together to build a new train station located between Gold Hill Way and Orange Grove Road.
SEATTLE: Amtrak teams are working around the clock to restore Sounder service as all but four trains have returned to service.
SEATTLE –– As RT&S reported yesterday, Sound Transit issued a service alert indicating that nearly all trains on the S line had been delayed or cancelled “due to preventative maintenance scheduling issues with Amtrak.”
SEATTLE –– Sound Transit announced this morning that all Sounder S Line commuter service for the morning rush would be canceled.
NEW YORK –– Frontier-Kemper-Tutor-Perini JV on Feb. 3 landed the $1.8 billion Manhattan Tunnel Project contract from the Gateway Development Commission (GDC) Board of Commissioners, which authorized the notice to proceed with construction. Construction is expected to begin in the coming months, with substantial completion anticipated in 2029.
BALTIMORE – From Amtrak, hear more about the Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program, including videos from Baltimore leaders.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced more than $1.1 billion in funding via the Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant Program.
PERRYVILLE, Md. – Amtrak has removed the 10th and final remnant pier from the river, completing another construction milestone for the Susquehanna River Bridge Project.
KEARNY, N.J. – Amtrak has chosen Skanska, Walsh & Herzog Joint Venture to conduct pre-construction activities along with other contract opportunities in the future for the project’s full scope of construction.
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.
KEARNY, N.J. – The first of three arches was delivered for the Portal North Bridge in New Jersey.
Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures on Nov. 5-6 returned to Chicago for our second-annual in-person Women in Rail Conference featuring trailblazing women and their allies, who are influencing today’s freight, passenger and transit rail industry.
NEWARK, N.J. – Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT joined state officials to share progress on the infrastructure improvements made along Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor (NEC).