Maryland approves USD 3.4 billion construction contract for Purple LRT
The Maryland Board of Public Works (BPW) has approved the modified P3 Agreement and the MTS consortium will sign the […]
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Construction begins for a new Brightline station
Brightline and Kaufman Lynn Construction have launched the construction works for the new Boca Raton station and its parking site. […]
Milestone for Chicago’s Red and Purple Modernisation project
Chicago’s Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the president of CTA Dorval Carter Jr. announced the completion of the Red-Purple Bypass and […]
UP acquires a transload facility in Phoenix
Union Pacific Railroad, through its Loup Logistics Company subsidiary, has acquired Phoenix transload facility in Arizona, from the Precision Components […]
EIR/EIS approved for a new high-speed rail section in California
The Board of Directors of California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has approved the Final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) […]
Autonomous rail prototype concept successfully demonstrated in Canada
Lumibird Canada, a designer and manufacturer of Lidar systems, Thales and the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University have […]
LA Metro receives USD 1.24 billion in federal funding
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has received USD 1.24 billion through the American Rescue Plan Act for […]
New York retires 1960s-Era metro trains
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will retire the R-32s metro trains (the so-called Brightliners) after 58 years of service. To commemorate […]
New step further for Second Avenue metro expansion in NY
The Governor of New York and MTA announced that the phase 2 of the Second Avenue metro expansion project to […]
Amtrak to support CP-KCS merger
Amtrak and Canadian Pacific Railway signed an agreement to support the proposed combination of CP and KCS (Kansas City Southern) […]