U.S. public transport registered the highest transit ridership in 58 years
Americans took 10.8 billion trips on public transportation in 2014, which is the highest annual public transit ridership number in […]
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U.S. Transportation Committee approves Passenger Rail Reform
U.S. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee unanimously approved Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2015, or PRRIA. The regulation improves […]
Mexico is developing 20 rail projects
Mexico’s communications and transport ministry (SCT) is carrying out 126 public infrastructure projects across the entire country, but of the […]
Rail companies launched a new international procurement initiative
Six companies in the railway industry, Alstom Transport, Bombardier Transportation, Deutsche Bahn, Knorr Bremse, Nederlandse Spoorwegen and SNCF, launched on […]
Canadian Pacific to renew its share repurchase program
Canadian Pacific announced that it intends to renew its normal course issuer bid commencing March 17, 2015, subject to the […]
Phoenix could extend the sales tax for funding light rail projects
The Phoenix City Council could extend to 2050 an existing sales tax that is currently scheduled to end in 2020. […]
USA: OmniTRAX affiliate purchases Peru Rail Line
Peru Industrial Railroad, LLC, a managed affiliate of OmniTRAX, Inc., one of the largest privately held rail service companies in […]
Hawaii: bill to extend rail tax beyond 2022 gets the support of construction unions
Hawaii’s construction unions will support the bill to extend Honolulu’s 0.5% tax to help fund Oahu’s elevated-rail mass-transit system. The…...
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Union Pacific Railroad receives contract from Nevada Iron
Nevada Iron Ltd has signed a contract with Union Pacific Railroad for the transport of iron ore concentrate from Nevada […]
UIC: IFIs will grant 40% of transport funds to railways
“Worldwide, there is a series of railway infrastructure projects underway, while others are due to be initiated over the next […]