MTA five-year capital plan on hold
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has been told to go back to its proposed $32 billion five-year capital program and, in essence, perform a do-over.
Author: Douglas John Bowen
On New Haven Line, catenary work continues
Metro-North Railroad’s decades-long catenary replacement project on its New Haven Line is “heading down the home stretch, with the finish line in sight,” the railroad said.
AAR: September ends with U.S. freight traffic up
U.S. freight traffic finished the last full week of the month ending Sept. 27, 2014 the same way it ploughed through the full month itself, with gains, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday, Oct. 2.
Bombardier gets new NJT RiverLINE contract
Bombardier Transportation said Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 it had “signed a new contract” to continue running New Jersey Transit’s RiverLINE, roughly paralleling the Delaware River between Camden, N.J., and the state capital, Trenton.
InStep Software and Wi-Tronix in collaboration
Wi-Tronix, LLC has announced “a new collaboration” with InStep Software “allowing Wi-Tronix to utilize InStep’s PRiSM predictive asset analytics software in the company’s locomotive remote monitoring services.”
Metra reopens Downers Grove Station platforms
Metra reopened station platforms at its Downers Grove (Ill.) Main Street Station Wednesday morning, Oct. 1, 2014.
Ground broken for LA Regional Connector
Federal, state, and local Los Angeles officials – along with a Hollywood personality – gathered Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014 to mark the construction launch of the Regional Connector, a 1.9-mile underground tunnel designed to unite LA’s light rail transit lines.
Metro-North eyes more bridge repairs
Mount Vernon, N.Y., and Metro-North Railroad have agreed to repair or replace three rail bridges on the New Haven Line at a cost of $10 million.
Houston Metro delays LRT launches
Continuing and mounting delays have forced Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (Metro) from adding two new light rail transit lines to Houston’s growing system.
TEX Rail gets FTA, FAA nods to proceed
The Fort Worth Transportation Authority (The T)’s TEX Rail project has received a Record of Decision (ROD) from both the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and the Federal Aviation Administration, the T announced Monday, Sept. 29, 2014 .