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June 10, 2019 | Main line

Illinois to fund new Amtrak services

THE Illinois state legislature has appropriated $US 500m to begin two new Amtrak services from Chicago to the Quad Cities and Rockford, which will ultimately be extended to Dubuque.

June 10, 2019 | News

New Orleans - Mobile passenger service receives funding

EFFORTS to launch a passenger service between New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama, received a boost on June 4 when the United States Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced a $US 33m grant for the project.

June 6, 2019 | Metros

New York Subway to trial underground GPS

IRJ at Wheel Detection Forum 2019, Vienna: New York City Transit (NYCT) has awarded Syntony Corporation a contract for the trial deployment of its SubWave underground GPS technology on the city’s subway network.

June 5, 2019 | Freight

Norfolk Southern prepares final rollout of precision scheduled operating plan

NORFOLK Southern (NS) has announced it is preparing to roll out the final raft of changes to implement its TOP21 precision scheduled railroading operating plan next month, which the operator says is a key initiative of its “Reimagine Possible” three-year strategic plan.

June 3, 2019 | News

Siemens awarded €80m TriMet overhaul contract

PORTLAND public operator TriMet has awarded Siemens a mid-life overhaul service contract for TriMet’s Type-2 and Type-3 LRV fleet, which consists of 79 Siemens SD660 LRVs.

June 3, 2019 | Fleet

DART awards Stadler DMU contract

DALLAS Area Rapid Transit (DART) has awarded Stadler a $US 119m contract to assemble and build eight Flirt DMUs for the Cotton Belt Regional Rail Project.

May 23, 2019 | Light Rail

Metrolinx unveils Eglinton Crosstown LRV

TORONTO and Hamilton transport authority Metrolinx unveiled the first Bombardier Flexity Freedom low-floor LRVs for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT at the new line’s Mount Dennis depot on May 22.

May 22, 2019 | Infrastructure

Virgin Trains USA awards contracts for West Palm Beach - Orlando line

VIRGIN Trains USA, formerly Brightline, has awarded five contracts worth $US 4bn for the construction of a 273km line from West Palm Beach to the completed intermodal station in the new south terminal at Orlando International Airport (OIA).

May 20, 2019 | Light Rail

Phoenix opens Mesa light rail extension

THE light rail network in Phoenix, Arizona, reached 45km on May 18 with the inauguration of the 3.1km extension to Gibert Road in Mesa.

May 17, 2019 | Light Rail

Denver light rail extension inaugurated

DENVER Regional Transportation District (RTD) inaugurated the 3.7km Southeast Rail Extension on May 17, bringing the town of Lone Tree onto the light rail E, F and R lines.

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