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Brightline on Tuesday said it had acquired XpressWest, a high-speed passenger rail project with rights to develop a federally approved corridor connecting Southern California and Las Vegas.
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UP 2020, which will launch Oct. 1 and be rolled out in phases across the entire Union Pacific rail network, “is an important part of Union Pacific’s objective of operating a safe, reliable and efficient railroad,” UP said.
Posted yesterday by 8077
The Silver Comet Trail could soon be getting a little longer, inching toward a connection with Atlanta and the Beltline there.
Posted yesterday by newsbot
Waiting at the platform for the train, one inevitably reflects on how rail travel has changed over the years. Take passenger baggage, for example.
Posted yesterday by newsbot
Texas Central Partners has secured a $300 million loan to continue its pursuit of a new 240-mile high-speed rail route from downtown Dallas to Houston.
Posted yesterday by newsbot
A Florida company has agreed to acquire the operator of a planned high-speed rail system connecting Las Vegas and Southern California, in a deal that may breathe new life into the long-delayed project.
Posted yesterday by bevans
Union Pacific plans to borrow some ideas from other major freight railroads as it works to improve its operations.
Posted 2 days ago by newsbot
USD Partners LP has begun expansion work at one of Canada’s largest crude by rail loading terminals, which will boost capacity at the facility by 50 percent and be completed by year end, the head of the company’s Canada unit told Reuters.
Posted 3 days ago by Railpage System User
“We ask our passengers and our elected leaders to join with us to tell our story to members of the state Legislature,” said Metra Chairman Norm Carlson. “That story is very simple: Metra needs a sustained capital program to maintain its existing service levels in the 2020s. Otherwise, drastic changes in service levels may be needed to shrink to a size that existing resources can sustain."
Posted 3 days ago by Railpage System User
Caltrans has released the 2018 State Rail Plan – a bold vision for state rail that aims to boost the economy, help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve safety statewide over the next 20 years.
Posted 3 days ago by Railpage System User
The market for ticket gates is 'a near-monopoly, with buyers of gates potentially paying too much', and the market for ticket vending machines is 'delivering poor service quality with low availability of machines', the Office of Rail & Road said on September 13 when it published an update to its ongoing investigation into the fare collection technology market.
Posted 4 days ago by Railpage System User
Dean Piacente has been appointed Vice President Industrial Products and Maryclare Kenney as Vice President Intermodal and Automotive.
Posted 4 days ago by Railpage System User
Alstom and Merrill Technologies Group this week celebrated the completion of the first power car bodyshell for the future Avelia Liberty trainsets, destined to serve as the new Acela Express fleet on the Northeast Corridor.
Posted 4 days ago by Railpage System User
“Amtrak’s goal is to continue to operate all of our services over all of our current routes come January 1, 2019,” Naparstek said.
Posted 4 days ago by Railpage System User
Total U.S. rail traffic for the week ended September 8 was 502,208 carloads and intermodal units, up 4.1% compared with the same week in 2017. Volume totaled 253,293 carloads, up 2.6%, while intermodal volume was 248,915 containers and trailers, up 5.8%.
Posted 5 days ago by Railpage System User
FTA is now accepting expressions of interest from transit project sponsors for the Pilot Program, which is authorized under the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act.
Posted 5 days ago by Railpage System User
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has announced that railroads are actively working with government agencies including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to monitor the path of Hurricane Florence and its potential impacts.
Posted 5 days ago by Railpage System User
The project, to be located in Alexandria, Va., is a joint venture of Halmar International and Schiavone Construction Co., which WMATA said are subsidiaries of global construction companies. The $213.7 million contract marks the latest milestone toward bringing a new transit station to the city.
Posted 5 days ago by bevans
Relatives of victims marked the 10th anniversary of a disastrous head-on collision of a commuter train and a freight train in Los Angeles.
Posted 5 days ago by bevans
“There’s some anxiety that there will never be a train station here in the Gulch,” councilman tells CIM Group
Posted 5 days ago by Railpage System User
A recent report in the Virginian-Pilot—citing reports from such media outlets as the Atlanta Business Chronicle and Atlanta Journal-Constitution—said that NS, which opened its Norfolk headquarters in 1988, “could bring as many as 1,400 jobs to the Atlanta area, though not all of those would migrate from Norfolk.
Posted 6 days ago by Railpage System User
More than $203 million in CRISI funds were awarded to 28 PTC programs in late August for intercity passenger rail, freight rail and/or commuter rail PTC implementation projects. Eligible projects included back-office systems; wayside, communications and onboard hardware equipment; software; equipment installation; spectrum; any component, testing and training for the implementation of PTC; and interoperability. Guidelines for this second solicitation are identical.
Posted 6 days ago by Railpage System User
KCS tapped Brian D. Hancock to serve as executive vice president and chief innovation officer and Michael J. Naatz to hold the position of executive vice president and chief marketing officer.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has opened the new WTC Cortlandt subway station following refurbishment works. The station was destroyed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks and services had not operated from there since.
Posted one week ago by newsbot
A train has derailed in South Dallas with at least three cars coming off the tracks.
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