CALIFORNIAN commuter rail operator Caltrain has issued a Request for Qualification (RFQ) for a design-build contract to electrify the 82km San Francisco – San Jose line, a key component of its Modernisation Programme, which is due to be completed by 2019.
MASSACHUSETTS Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has approved the purchase of 24 light rail vehicles from CAF, Spain, for the Green Line.
THE Region of Waterloo, Ontario, has reached financial close on a 33-year PPP contract to design, build, finance, operate, and maintain the city's first light rail line.
AFTER many years of indecision, the mayor of Virginia Beach Mr William Sessoms and Virginia state transportation secretary Mr Aubrey Layne have agreed to develop plans for a light rail link between Virginia Beach and the neighbouring city of Norfolk.
NEW York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority has selected Masabi to deliver a mobile ticketing solution for its Metro North and Long Island Railroad (LIRR) services.
ONTARIO's minister for transport and infrastructure Mr Glen Murray says the provincial government plans to develop a 185km high-speed service between Toronto, Waterloo, Kitchener and London, with a four-year environmental impact assessment and design studies for the project expected to begin this autumn.
Freight railways in the United States and Canada have encountered difficulties with wheels in recent years, specifically through vertical split rim wheel failures, which have become more apparent as axleloads have increased. With no obvious cause or solution to the problem, Cameron Lonsdale and John Oliver from Amsted Rail, investigated the role of axial residual stress in these failures.
THE latest commuter rail line in the United States opens today in Florida following an official opening ceremony for SunRail on April 30.
SAN Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) has awarded a contract worth $US 58m to Stadler to supply eight two-car DMUs for use on the 16km East Contra Costa Bart extension project, which is currently under construction.
NIPPON Sharyo's new DMU for North America is to be powered by Cummins QSK 19-R engines which are certified to meet Tier 4 Final ultra-low emissions standards which come into effect on January 1 2015.
