Rail Group On Air: 2022 Top Projects, Part 2
RT&S Editor in Chief Bill Wilson talks to Railroad Construction Company, Inc., about the Way Interlocking and Subway Structure Rehabilitation project.
RT&S Editor in Chief Bill Wilson talks to Railroad Construction Company, Inc., about the Way Interlocking and Subway Structure Rehabilitation project.
Delays and cost overruns have plagued Maryland’s Purple Line project, and there does not seem to be a recovery any time soon.
I’m surprised I did not take a Vaseline shot to the eye.
MBTA’s Orange Line is now 69% complete
The top news stories of the week ending Sept. 9.
The South Central Extension/Downtown Hub light rail project in Phoenix has reached the halfway mark.
Results of an audit report on Metro’s Southwest Corridor light rail project connecting downtown Minneapolis to Eden Prairie and other areas show a major oversight and a major amount of money that is missing.
Heat continues to get in the way for BART.
The MBTA has announced that 50% of the work taking place along the Orange Line during the 30-day closure is complete.
The MBTA launched the Quality, Compliance, and Oversight Office to address the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) findings contained in the Safety Management Inspection report.
The prime contractor for a BART light rail extension project wants to do some unstacking.
Following a safety inspection of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) rail transit system, the U.S. DOT’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued a report of findings and informed both MBTA and the state agency in charge of its oversight—the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU)—of needed safety changes that are in addition to directives FTA announced in June.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced the opening of the 2.5-mile second section of the Long Island Rail Road’s new Main Line third track between the Merillon Avenue and Mineola stations.
Walsh Construction and Fluor Corporation perform drilled shaft installation during a shutdown of Lawrence Avenue in Chicago, part of the Lawrence-to-Bryn Mawr portion of the Red-Purple Modernization.
The city of Calgary has awarded Advanced Rail Management (Canada) Inc. a one-year contract, with four option years, for rail grinding services on the Calgary Transit CTrain light rail system.
The top news stories RT&S was following the week ending Aug. 26.
There are now more rebuilding projects happening across the BART system than at any point in the District’s 50-year-history despite the continuing impacts of the global pandemic.
There have been a lot of hands trying to reach for California’s $97 billion state surplus, and some will be slapped away.
The San Fernando Valley could be in for a pretty good haul as far as light rail projects go.
Austin’s Project Connect might be in for some revisions, which could be a project in and of itself.