FLORIDA –– From our colleagues at Railway Age. David Peter Alan, long time RA Contributing Editor, has penned an analysis of the rail passenger situation in central Florida and, given RT&S’s continuing coverage of commuter rail and transit issues,…
Category: Intercity
Amtrak Completes Upgrades at Durham Station
WASHINGTON –– Amtrak announced this week that the renovations at the Durham, N.C. Station are now complete.
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Amtrak Begins Major Harrisburg Line Track Renewal
PHILADELPHIA – Amtrak is investing $122 million in Pennsylvania to improve tracks on the Harrisburg Line, between Lancaster and Harrisburg. This work will improve ride quality and comfort, increase service reliability and complete necessary work requir…
FRA Announces $900,000 in New Planning and Development Grants for Intercity Passenger Rail Services
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced that it has awarded $900,000 to three entities through the Interstate Rail Compacts (IRC) Grant Program.
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Hope Valley railway line set for nine day closure
The Hope Valley Line will close for nine days next week, to enable the completion of the long awaited Hope Valley Upgrade Project.
- Chesterfield
- Cleethorpes
- CrossCountry
- Derby
- Derbyshire
- Dore & Totley
- Dronfield
- East Midlands Railway
- Edale
- Gainsborough Central
- Gainsborough Lea Road
- Grindleford
- Hope Valley
- Huddersfield
- Infrastructure
- Intercity
- Lancashire
- Liverpool Lime Street
- Manchester
- Manchester Oxford Road
- Manchester Piccadilly
- Midlands
- Network Rail
- New Mills Central
- New Mills Newtown
- Northern
- Norwich
- Nottingham
- Pontefract Monkhill
- Sheffield
- Signalling
- Stockport
- TransPennine Express
- York
Hope Valley railway line set for nine day closure
The Hope Valley Line will close for nine days next week, to enable the completion of the long awaited Hope Valley Upgrade Project.
Latest surveys show Brits prefer train travel
Research undertaken identifies and forecasts how Britain’s are more likely to travel long distance by rail travel.
Amtrak Awards Contract to Build New Frederick Douglass Tunnel in Baltimore
BALTIMORE – Amtrak has achieved a major milestone for the Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program with the selection of a Kiewit/J.F. Shea Joint Venture to build the brand new, state-of-the-art passenger rail tunnel that will serve electrified Amtrak and MAR…
LOSSAN Rail Corridor Awarded $53 Million
OCEANSIDE, Calif. –– The continuing problems of geologic stability and shifting track along the LOSSAN Corridor in southern California are drawing more attention to this area. While this story focuses on a bridge replacement, the new bridge replaces on…
California State Senate Requests Action on Surf Line
SACRAMENTO –– Seven California state senators have written a letter to the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) requesting coordinated action to address the continuing problems of erosion and mudslides that have disrupted traffic on the the …