SAN DIEGO Association of Governments Board of Directors (Sandag) has unanimously approved the final environmental impact report for the Mid-Coast Corridor Transit Project, which will extend the city's light rail network north from Old Town along the Interstate 5 corridor to La Jolla and University City.
BNSF announced on November 20 that it has set its 2015 capital budget for maintenance and investment at $US 6bn, around $US 400m higher than initial projections.
THE first four of 66 EMU cars ordered from Hyundai by Denver Regional Transport District (RTD) for the city's commuter rail network arrived in Denver by rail on November 20.
GENESEE & Wyoming (GWI) announced on November 19 that it has signed an agreement with Massachusetts-based Pinsly Railroad to acquire railways in its Arkansas Division for $US 40m in cash, subject to adjustments for final working capital.
CANADIAN Pacific announced on November 17 that its Delaware & Hudson Railway (D&H) subsidiary has agreed to sell a 455km section of its network in the northeastern United States to Norfolk Southern (NS) for $C 217m ($US 192.6m).
BNSF is testing an SD40 locomotive which has been modified by National Railway Equipment (NRE) to increase its tractive effort and adhesion.
A GROUNDBREAKING ceremony was staged in Los Angeles on November 7 to mark the start of work on the first phase of a project to extend the Purple Line metro by 6.35km from its current terminus at Wilshire/Western to Wilshire/La Cienega in Beverly Hills. The extension will open in 2023.
THE electrification of the San Francisco – San Jose Caltrain commuter rail line is likely to cost 20% more than previously envisaged, and the work will take a year longer to complete, according to updated estimates received by California's Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board.
CALIFORNIA High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) says it received three sealed bids on October 30 for the contract to construct the second section of the state's high-speed network.
AMTRAK announced its annual results on October 27 for its 2014 financial year, which ended on September 30, revealing revenues from ticket sales have once again reached a record high, climbing 4% compared with 2013 to reach to $US 2.19bn.
