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November 16, 2023 | Main line

Amtrak-Via Rail exploring extension of Chicago - Detroit service to Toronto

The plans would restore passenger service through the Detroit River Tunnel for the first time since 1979.

November 8, 2023 | North America

HDR leads next phase of San Diego line relocation project

8km section of Los Angeles - San Diego line to be relocated inland.

November 7, 2023 | Financial

Northeast Corridor secures $US 16.4bn in US federal government funding

25 infrastructure projects will benefit from the funding, including some multi-billion dollar tunnelling schemes.

November 2, 2023 | Analysis

When will the Infrastructure Bill funding flow?

During an on-stage interview at Railway Interchange in Indianapolis on October 3, Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) administrator, Amit Bose, addressed several key topics facing the US railway sector. Kevin Smith was in the audience.

October 10, 2023 | Fleet

Amtrak’s new Acela fleet facing further delivery delays and cost increases

An Amtrak Office of Inspector General (OIG) report identifies problems with design approvals and what it describes as defects as the reason for the more than three-year delay to entry into service of the new 257km/h fleet.

October 4, 2023 | Infrastructure

Bose tells Railway Interchange that Infrastructure Act funding is on its way

Concerns have been growing at the slow pace of allocating the $US 102bn of federal funding that was announced nearly two years ago.

September 29, 2023 | Infrastructure

US invests $US 1.4bn in 70 rail infrastructure upgrade projects

Amtrak and California’s high-speed rail project will receive $US 402m in federal funds.

September 13, 2023 | North America

Two contracts awarded for Frederick Douglass Tunnel Programme in Baltimore

The project aims to relieve a major bottleneck on the Northeast Corridor.

September 11, 2023 | Passenger

Reviving US passenger rail one step at a time

Unprecedented funding from the federal government is helping to bring Amtrak’s dream of an enhanced passenger railway network in the United States closer to reality. CEO Stephen Gardner discusses some of the challenges and opportunities facing the railway with Kevin Smith.

August 24, 2023 | Main line

Amtrak orders another 10 Airo trains from Siemens

The order for 10 push-pull trains takes the total that Siemens is supplying to 83.

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