Northern Lines Railway (NLR) and Columbia Basin Railroad have been added to BNSF Railway’s Shortline Select Program, the companies announced Tuesday. BNSF’s Shortline Select program allows sho...
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A new interline service from Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific has begun shipping for anchor customers, the railroad said Monday. Announced in September, the new domestic intermodal service line ...
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The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has approved purchasing 379 new R268 subway cars to modernize its fleet. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the new R268 subway cars will run o...
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The California High-Speed Rail Authority said it has completed the ninth structure in the project’s build out this year, the Hanford Armona Road grade separation project in Kings County. Officia...
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Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), one of the largest transit systems in the country, announced it is nearing completion of 14 safety-related requirements outlined in a Federa...
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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) recently resumed Red and Gold Line service at Garnett Station after a six-week hiatus for platform renovations. By temporarily ceasing service to t...
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The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) launched The Ride Together Rewards: Baltimore Transit Incentives Program on Saturday. The program is intended to entice commuters in the Baltimore regi...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation announced it reached three key milestones in the construction of the New York Penn Station “Transformation” Project. According to Transportation Secretary...
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Members of SMART, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, a group of unions with 230,000 collective members, recently voted to ratify a five-year collective...
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) recently released an update to its Climate Resilience Roadmap, a document that outlines the agency’s strategic priorities in mitigating the effects of...
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Hitachi Rail announced it is adopting the NVIDIA IGX Thor platform to provide real-time AI processing, the first transport company in the world to do so. The IGX Thor platform offers up to eight t...
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CSX announced this week it would make changes to its leadership designed to strengthen the company’s strategic focus and advance its long-term growth objectives. According to a release issued Oc...
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Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) recently launched the Silver Line regional rail service. Public station celebrations were held at the 10 Silver Line stations on Oct. 25 and featured live music and fa...
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The A. Stucki Company, a U.S.-based designer, manufacturer, and supplier of engineered products and services to the international rail transportation market, announced that Jacob Creech will take on t...
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The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) board recently voted to transfer $394 million of federal, state, and local capital funds to the operating budget. In September, the Pe...
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U.S. Reps. Bryan Steil (R-WI) and Scott Perry (R-PA) have introduced legislation in Congress that would ensure local transit systems enforce fare collection practices. The legislation, the No Free...
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The MBTA Board of Directors recently approved $850 million in Commonwealth Transportation Fund (BTF)-funded bond capacity to invest in safety and reliability improvements. The funding from the Int...
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A Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) plan would restore rail service on the Empire Service Corridor between Albany and New York City. Service was cancelled or consolidated in May to accomm...
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Canadian National Railway Co. (CN) announced Monday it had appointed two new people to the roles of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Commercial Officer, effective immediately. Patrick Whitehead w...
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A new initiative would bring a fixed-route transit service between Scarborough and Portland, Maine, centered along the U.S. Route 1 corridor. The initiative is a partnership between Greater Portland M...
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