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April 21, 2021 | Fleet

Long Island Rail Road to pilot BEMUs

Trials will take place on the Oyster Bay branch line.

March 25, 2021 | Podcasts

Rail Group On Air: Squeezing A Third Track in the Existing Right-of-Way

To listen to the podcast click here

March 9, 2021 | Financial

Senate passes American Rescue Plan, including $US 30.5bn in transit relief

The bill will now go back to the House to be reapproved after it was amended by the Senate.

December 22, 2020 | Financial

US pandemic relief package includes $US 15bn for transit

THE United States congress has approved a near $US 900bn pandemic relief package, which includes $US 14bn for transit and $US 1bn for Amtrak.

December 17, 2020 | Signalling

NYCT certifies Mitsubishi as CBTC supplier

NEW York City Transit (NYCT) has officially qualified Mitsubishi Electric, Japan, as a CBTC supplier after successfully testing and verifying the interoperability of the company’s solution with NYCT’s existing CBTC systems.

October 28, 2020 | Financial

FRA awards grants worth $US 172.1m

THE United States’ Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has awarded grants worth a combined $US 172.1m to projects in the states of California, Connecticut and New Jersey, through its FY 2020 Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair (SOGR) programme.

October 14, 2020 | Light Rail

Maryland takes over Purple Line project after private firm walks away

THE Maryland Transit Administration is taking over day-to-day management of the 25.7km Purple Line light rail project after Purple Line Transit Partners (PLTP) walked off the job.

July 27, 2020 | Fleet

MTA orders 25 hybrid locomotives from Wabtec

NEW York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has awarded a $US 233m contract to Wabtec for 25 MotivePower R255 hybrid battery-diesel locomotives for use on NYC Transit (NYCT) work trains, with an option for up to 45 additional units.

July 25, 2020 | Fleet

IÉ orders hybrid-ready powerpacks for class 22000 fleet

IRISH Rail (IÉ) has ordered 41 MTU Hybrid-ready PowerPacks from Rolls-Royce, the first series production order for the traction technology.

June 25, 2020 | Metros

MTA puts capital programme on hold as $US 10.3bn deficit looms

NEW York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has placed its $US 54.8bn 2020-2024 Five-Year Capital Programme on hold as it looks to plug a $US 10.3bn hole in its finances over the next two years.

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