Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad acquires Locust Valley Line
Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad (RBMN), the largest privately owned railroad company in Pennsylvania, acquired the 5.5 mile Locust […]
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Ottawa prepares for LRT extension
Mayor Jim Watson announced that the City of Ottawa will begin the planning work that is needed to extend light […]
XpressWest ends cooperation with CRI for high-speed rail project
XpressWest has terminated its joint venture activities with China Railway International U.S.A. (CRI) regarding the Nevada-California high-speed passenger rail project. […]
Toronto-York Spadina trackwork metro extension completed
Toronto Transit Commission has announced the completion of track installation for the Toronto-York Spadina metro extension. The project involved the […]
São Paulo’s metro Line 4 contract awarded
Tiisa – Infraestrutura e Investimentos and Comsa has been selected to finalise second phase of São Paulo’s Amarela metro line […]
US communities seek for USD 9.3 billion in transport funding
US Department of Transport has received 585 applications under the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant program. The total […]
Canadian municipalities consulted on rail corridor risks
CN is encouraging communities to submit input for corridor risk assessments along rail routes carrying significant amounts of dangerous goods. […]
Siemens completes Amtrak’s 70th electric locomotive
Amtrak and Siemens celebrated completion of the 70th and final Amtrak Cities Sprinter (ACS-64) electric locomotive at the company’s rail […]
LA to launch construction works for a new station on Purple Line
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) is ready to begin building the Wilshire/La Brea underground station for the […]
Two major contracts awarded for LIRR double track project
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has awarded two design-build contracts within LIRR double track project The first contract awarded is […]