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April 23, 2019 | Fleet

Stadler awarded Ottawa DMU contract

THE City of Ottawa and SNC Lavalin have awarded Stadler a contract worth $C 106m ($US 79.3m) to supply seven DMUs for use on the Trillium Line extension.

April 19, 2019 | News

San Diego unveils new-generation Siemens LRVs

THE first next-generation Siemens S700 LRVs for San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) were unveiled on April 17.

April 18, 2019 | Financial

Greenbrier to acquire manufacturing business of American Railcar Industries

GREENBRIER has entered into a $US 430m agreement to acquire the manufacturing business of American Railcar Industries (ARI) from ITE Management (ITE).

April 17, 2019 | Fleet

Cleveland RTA rolling stock study calls for complete fleet renewal

A STUDY has found Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (RTA) heavy rail fleet should be replaced within five years and the light rail fleet within 10 years, as the entire fleet’s life-span is well beyond renewal.

April 11, 2019 | Light Rail

FTA approves Seattle light rail extension

SOUND Transit confirmed on April 10 that the United States Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has granted Entry into Engineering approval for Seattle’s Federal Way Link light rail extension.

April 10, 2019 | High-speed

Study finds increased demand for Texas high-speed line

A NEW study has found annual ridership on the Houston and North Texas high-speed service is expected to reach nearly 6 million by 2029, and 13 million by 2050. The Transforming Travel in Texas study carried out by LEK Consulting and released by Texas Central also found 16 million people travelled between Houston and North Texas annually in 2017, up from 14 million in 2015.

April 9, 2019 | Financial

Virgin Trains USA receives approval to raise $US 950m debt

VIRGIN Trains USA, previously known as Brightline, has received approval to raise $US 950m in debt to fund its extension from West Palm Beach to Orlando.

April 9, 2019 | North America

Silicon Valley light rail line to close

SANTA Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has announced plans to close a light rail line in Silicon Valley as part of a recast of the public transport network, which is being implemented in response to the agency's growing operating deficit.

April 5, 2019 | North America

Baltimore Penn Station upgrade reaches commercial close

AMTRAK had reached commercial close on a project to expand and modernise Baltimore Penn Station, following the execution of a master development agreement with Penn Station Partners.

April 1, 2019 | North America

Montreal REM train design revealed

ARTIST’s impressions of the chosen rolling stock design for Montreal’s Metropolitan Express Metro (REM) network were unveiled on March 29.

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