San Francisco: BART to reduce track noise on rail network
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is moving forward with the plan to install rail dampers to help cut the noise […]
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Montreal: AMT cancels train tender
Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT), the agency that co-ordinates commuter train services for the greater Montreal region, has rejected Bombardier’s […]
Ceres to operate rail facility at Jacksonville Port
Ceres Terminals and Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) signed an operator agreement for JAXPORT’s new on-dock rail facility, the intermodal container […]
Vertex Railcar Corp. to expand railcar portfolio
Vertex Railcar Corporation is making additional significant capital investments to expand its production capabilities in order to produce new types […]
Montréal: AMT inaugurates Lachine train maintenance centre
The Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) of Montréal inaugurated its new Lachine Maintenance Centre. This cutting-edge facility will enable the […]
Garco Construction to build new Tacoma Amtrak Cascades station
Construction on the new Tacoma Amtrak Cascades Station starts next month, following a contract award to low-bidder Garco Construction, Inc., […]
San Francisco’s MUNI expands rail fleet
By the end of 2016, Muni expects the first of its USD1.2 billion fleet of new Metro cars to start […]
MTA Metro-North Railroad purchases track geometry vehicle
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Metro-North Railroad announced that it will enter into a contract with Ensco Inc. to design, build […]
Costa Rica Railway intends to buy trains
Although the funds are not yet available, nor is there legislative authority to borrow, the Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (Incofer) […]
Amtrak to allow bikes onboard Pere Marquette train
Amtrak and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) have announced an improvement on the daily Pere Marquette train between Grand […]