TTC Restores 504 King Streetcar Service Oct. 6th
TORONTO – The TTC will begin work to restore streetcar service between Shaw and Dufferin Streets on October 6th.
TORONTO – The TTC will begin work to restore streetcar service between Shaw and Dufferin Streets on October 6th.
BOSTON – The MBTA has completed track work on its Red Line Braintree Branch and subsequently removed 37 speed restrictions.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) approved a stipulated agreement for automatic warning devices to be installed in Galena.
ATLANTA – Class Is CSX and Norfolk Southern give service bulletin updates on the status of rail infrastructure throughout the southeast after Hurricane Helene made landfall.
NEWARK/NEW YORK – Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced it is installing 12,250 composite ties from recycled plastic as part of larger $430 million modernization efforts.
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).
NEW YORK CITY – The MTA announced an accessibility upgrade and station renovation project at LIRR’s Babylon station.
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 will install a construction vehicle access tunnel as a way to improve Red Line service.
ATLANTA –– From the September 2024 Issue of Railway Track & Structures. From frozen switches to ice on the rails, railroads need a plan in place to combat the effects of the winter season.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Translink announces upgrades are coming to Oakridge-41st Avenue Station.
BERLIN – On September 24th at InnoTrans in Berlin, Pandrol will unveil its i+weld product range.
BOSTON – The MBTA announced the Dorchester Avenue Bridge will open at 4:00am on September 23, 2024.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) commended Senators Ron Wyden and Mike Carp and Representatives Mike Kelly and Earl Blumenauer for introducing S. 5008 and H.R. 9522.
LINZ, Austria –– On 11 September, Plasser & Theurer, the global technology leader for track construction and maintenance machines, celebrated the ground-breaking ceremony for its new assembly and commissioning factory at the Pummererstrasse site in the Linz industrial area.
DENVER – The RTD removed all of the northbound speed restrictions in the Southeast Light Rail Corridor between its County Line and Lincoln stations.
BOSTON – From August 19th to August 26th, crews continued work on the MBTA’s Red Line and were able to remove six speed restrictions as a result.