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June 15, 2020 | News

Bart launches $US 2.3bn Silicon Valley Berryessa extension

THE San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) network has been extended to San José, with the opening of the $US 2.3bn 16km Phase 1 extension from Warm Springs/South Fermont to the Milpitas and Berryessa transit centres on June 12.

June 15, 2020 | North America

Feasibility studies agreed for Calgary-Banff passenger railway

ALBERTA's Ministry of Transport and the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) have signed a memorandum of understanding to undertake feasibility studies for a new 130km passenger railway between Calgary and Banff.

June 11, 2020 | High-speed

California Assembly to review high-speed project before releasing $US 4.2bn funding

A majority of the California Assembly has directed the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) to defer the awarding of major contracts for the Merced - Bakersfield high-speed line later this year, as the assembly looks to review the project before releasing $US 4.2bn in funding.

June 10, 2020 | Commuter Rail

New Jersey Transit unveils 10-year development strategy

NEW Jersey Transit (NJT) has unveiled new plans for future development of the authority’s transit network.

June 9, 2020 | Light Rail

Work begins on Edmonton light rail line extension

CONSTRUCTION has begun on the 1.5km phase 1 of the Edmonton Metro Line Northwest (MLNW) extension from Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (Nait) to Blatchford.

June 8, 2020 | Podcasts

PSR - The Next Generation, Part 1.

This Rail Group On Air podcast, the first of three, introduces PSR 2.0 as envisioned by Sonia D Bot and John F Orr. PSR 2.0 takes Precision Scheduled Railroading to the next level, within individual railroads and across railroad and transportation 'ecosystems'.

June 8, 2020 | Infrastructure

First two RFQs issued for Toronto’s Ontario Line

INFRASTRUCTURE Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have issued the first two Requests for Qualifications (RFQs) for the 15.5km Ontario Line metro project.

June 5, 2020 | Technology

IRJ In-Brief - Technology: Teltronic unveils communications rack; Luxembourg signs up to Erex; Wabtec launches onboard air-filtration system

Spain: Teltronic has unveiled the RTP-800, a new generation onboard system that integrates Tetra, LTE and Wi-Fi for critical voice and data communications into a single rack.

June 4, 2020 | Freight

CP completes Central Maine & Quebec Railway acquisition

CANADIAN Pacific (CP) has completed the acquisition of the US portion of the Central Maine & Quebec Railway (CMQ), finalising CP’s purchase of the entire CMQ network. CP purchased the 381 route-km Central Maine & Quebec Railway Canada network in Quebec in December 2019.

June 3, 2020 | Freight

NS restructures following CSO Scheib’s departure

NORFOLK Southern’s chief strategy officer, Mr John Scheib, left the US Class 1 railway on June 1, prompting several “organisational enhancements” at the railway.

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