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Amtrak Kicks Off Construction at Gray 30th Street Station

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January 20, 2024
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PHILADELPHIA – A new era of passenger rail has officially launched in Philadelphia. Amtrak officials gathered today with federal, state and local representatives along with other community leaders to celebrate the construction kickoff for major renovat…

Pape North Connect Selected for Ontario Line Pape Tunnel and Underground Stations

Jennifer McLawhorn
January 19, 2024
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ONTARIO – Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have selected Pape North Connect for the Ontario Line Pape Tunnel and Underground Stations contract.
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Brightline West Will Begin Hiring Workers and Launch Field Investigation Work

Jennifer McLawhorn
January 19, 2024
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LAS VEGAS – Brightline West launches field investigation work in Nevada, and it will begin to recruit workers to construct the high-speed rail system.
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City underground rail key to Adelaide group’s new transport vision

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January 18, 2024
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The time is also right, the authors argue, for Adelaide to finally enact a plan first envisaged in the 1960s – an underground rail loop for the CBD with stations potentially located near Hindmarsh Square, Victoria Square and Whitmore Square.

Caltrain Completes Testing of Three Electric Trains

David C. Lester
January 18, 2024
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SAN FRANCISCO –– Caltrain is one step closer to introducing electric service on a portion of its line with having finished the testing of three of the new electric trains.
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NTSB Chair Blasts WMATA, Citing ‘Poor Safety Culture’

David C. Lester
January 18, 2024
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WASHINGTON, D.C. –– Earlier this month, the Chair of the National Transportation Board, Jennifer Homendy, held a press conference announcing the findings of the agency’s investigation into a train derailment that occurred in October 2021.
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Construction on New Brattleboro Amtrak Station Begins in March

Jennifer McLawhorn
January 17, 2024
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BRATTLEBORO, Vt. – Enfield Enterprises, LLC will begin work on a new Amtrak train station in Brattleboro.
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WATCH: Six-week MAX disruption begins Sunday as TriMet takes leap toward completing major Better Red milestone

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January 17, 2024
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Portland, Ore.––Construction on TriMet’s A Better Red MAX Extension and Reliability Improvements Project will close the Gateway Transit Center to MAX trains for six weeks starting Sunday, Jan. 14. With the MAX Blue, Green and Red lines impacted, shuttl…

MTA Announces Scarsdale Station Becomes Second Metro-North Station to Be Made Fully Accessible This Year

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January 17, 2024
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NEW YORK ––The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced that the Scarsdale Metro-North Station has been made fully accessible with the opening of a second elevator, in an enclosed tower, that serves the Grand Central-bound platform. As par…

Testing begins on Melbourne’s newest railway station

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January 15, 2024
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Testing will begin on Melbourne’s newest train station. Construction on Arden Station, the first of five brand new railway stations as part of the state’s […]