Genesee & Wyoming to be sold at USD 8.4 billion
Brookfield Infrastructure and Singapore’s GIC has acquired Genesee & Wyoming, a U.S. rail freight operator, under a USD 8.4 billion […]
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Federal funding to increase Dallas LRT capacity
The U.S. Federal Transit Administration provided Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) a USD 60.7 million grant to build light-rail capacity. […]
Bombardier to operate San Fracisco AirTrain APM system
The city of San Francisco and Bombardier Transportation signed a EUR 193 million contract to provide ten years of operations […]
Funding awarded for VIA Rail’s High Frequency project
The Government of Canada and Canada Infrastructure Bank are providing a total of CAD 71.1 million (USD 53.9 million) to […]
Thales to provide CBTC solution for Toronto’s Finch West LRT
Mosaic Transit Group consortium, responsible for Toronto’s Finch West LRT, awarded Thales a contract for the delivery of SelTrac CBTC […]
Canada’s Region of Waterloo opens its first LRT
The Regional Municipality of Waterloo, in Ontario, has launched the ION Light Rail Transit (LRT) with a 16-km length served […]
USD 326 million grants for railway projects in the U.S.
The U.S. Federal Railway Administration (FRA) provided USD 326 million funds under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) […]
Sound Transit receives the first LRV from Siemens Mobility
The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, Sound Transit, has received the first of 152 new LRVs supplied by Siemens […]
Syntony to provide GPS solution for New York metro
New York City Transit awarded Syntony a contract to install its SubWAVE solution which allows the use of standard GPS […]
Progress on Acela new high-speed train production
Amtrak has released some photos of the production process of future Acela trains which will redefine the customer experience on […]