$1M Grant and $750K Loan Approved for CCET Project
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Rail Development Commission approved a $1 million grant and a $750,000 loan to Regional Rail, LLC for the Cincinnati Eastern Railroad (CCET).
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Rail Development Commission approved a $1 million grant and a $750,000 loan to Regional Rail, LLC for the Cincinnati Eastern Railroad (CCET).
PUEBLO, Colo. – MxV Rail has announced its deadline for abstracts for Rail Research Week.
BOSTON – $472 million was awarded from the U.S. Department of Transportation to replace the North Station Draw One Bridge.
NEW YORK CITY – The MTA announced an accessibility upgrade and station renovation project at LIRR’s Babylon station.
TORONTO – The Ontario Government announces it has finished all stations and stops on the Finch West Light Rail Transit (LRT) project.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – WMATA announces upcoming December closures for some of its Blue, Orange, and Silver Line stations.
SAN DIEGO – Civic Communities awarded Balfour Beatty $9 million to go toward the next phase of a grade crossing project.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Commerce’s EDA awarded $3.2 million grant to Columbia, Missouri for rail infrastructure improvements.
DENVER – RTD crews are working overnight to make repairs along its Southeast Corridor.
BOSTON – The MBTA announced the Winchester Center Station on its Lowell Commuter Rail Line will partially reopen on September 30th.
BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. – Broward County has released conceptual designs for a bridge over New River in Fort Lauderdale.
ASHTABULA, Ohio – Lynne Woehlke is the new Director of Sales for Delta Railroad Services.
The Indiana Rail Road (INRD) named Joe Gioe President and CEO in mid-August 2024. A career railroader with 20 years of industry experience, he has held leadership positions at two Class I railroads, with most of his tenure at BNSF, where he was twice named Employee of the Year for intermodal train execution and delivery of major infrastructure projects in Transportation and Service Design. He also served as Assistant Vice President Network Optimization and Vice President Transportation at Norfolk Southern.
BOSTON – The MBTA will install a construction vehicle access tunnel as a way to improve Red Line service.
NEW YORK CITY – The Long Island Rail Road is currently in the process of acquiring land for a third track at Port Washington Station.
SEATTLE – Sound Transit and the FTA have published the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the West Seattle Link Extension Project. The cost of the project has risen to a range of $5.1 – $5.6 billion.
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Vice President, State Supported Services Ray Lang discusses the progress made on the Harrisburg Line Track Renewal Project on WITF’s The Spark podcast.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Translink announces upgrades are coming to Oakridge-41st Avenue Station.
ATLANTA –– Less than a week after a still-unknown person or persons at Norfolk Southern contacted CNBC and other media outlets alleging that President and CEO Alan H. Shaw was engaging in an “inappropriate workplace relationship” with another employee—setting off an internal investigation—the NS Board of Directors fired him and the company’s Executive Vice President Corporate Affairs, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary Nabanita C. Nag.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) approved safety upgrades in Stark County.