Metrolinx next month will add a new GO Transit station in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Also, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) is running longer trains in response to increasing ridership; and MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) in December will implement a route swap to improve train service between Manhattan and Queens.
Union Pacific (UP) racks up strong performance numbers for its grain customers. Also, BNSF encourages stakeholders to share their views with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) regarding the proposed merger between Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern (NS).
Michael Baker International welcomes Mike Salmon as Regional Practice Lead – Design-Build. Also, Genesee & Wyoming’s (G&W) Philip Sylvester is inducted into the 2025 FAMU Sports Hall of Fame.
The Denver (Colo.) Regional Transportation District (RTD) on Sept. 29 released a draft of its comprehensive 2025 Finishing FasTracks Report, outlining the $1.6 billion capital and operating costs needed to complete the 2004 voter-approved transit expansion program, as well as revenue and ridership projections for the four unfinished corridors.
CN on Sept. 29 issued the “2025-26 Winter Plan—Built for the Challenge,” outlining its preparations for meeting customer and stakeholder needs in the months ahead. The railroad said it combines “robust infrastructure, operational discipline, a trained workforce, and technological innovation to meet winter head-on” and “keep the economy moving safely.”
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is inviting public comment on its schedule for reviewing the proposed merger of Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern (NS), which would create the first U.S. transcontinental
The debut in late August 2025 of Amtrak’s long-awaited NextGen Acela trainsets for the Northeast Corridor captured media and rail industry attention at a time when Amtrak’s much larger—geographically speaking—Long-Distance (LD) network
On Sept. 23, we reported on the funds transfer to operations that gave the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) and its riders in and around Philadelphia a two-year reprieve. The agency came
CSX President and CEO Joe Hinrichs, Railway Age’s 2025 Railroader of the Year, has been suddenly and unexpectedly railroaded by his own collectively myopic Board of Directors, and for no reason other
California High-Speed Rail Authority CEO Ian Choudri is appointed as Vice Chair of the International Union of Railways (UIC) North American Regional Assembly (NARA). Also, Urbahn Architects, a Manhattan-based design and planning firm, marks its 80th anniversary by expanding its leadership; and Kourosh Langari joins HNTB as a Digital Delivery Senior Advisor.
BNSF provides an update on operational performance and capital expansion projects in Texas, Arizona, and California. Also, Norfolk Southern (NS) reflects on Hurricane Helene recovery efforts—one year later.
Stadler is now producing aluminum railcar bodies in the United States, following the launch of a welding facility at its existing Salt Lake City, Utah, plant, which serves the U.S. passenger railcar market.
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announces modifications to proposed fare changes. Also, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) successfully completes the installation of its Next Generation Fare Gates at all stations months ahead of schedule; the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) delivers $120 million in savings and record ridership in FY2025; and Montrealers face transit disruptions as the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) and maintenance workers continue talks.
ITS Logistics issues its September supply chain report. Also, the Port of Vancouver moves record volumes of Canadian trade in the first six months of 2025.
CSX reopened the expanded Howard Street Tunnel on Sept. 26 in Baltimore.
With tariff troubles hitting the Chinese market and Mississippi River water levels a continued challenge, America’s soybean farmers are keeping all their options open. As part of that, soybean farmer leaders were
The American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA) on Sept. 29 announced that six new mechanical training courses, delivered in two pathways, are now available in the Short Line Training Center’s
Track circuits are legacy (“old” or “traditional”) technology—or are they? That’s a topic to be explored at Next-Gen Rail Systems, the communications, signaling and advanced technology conference presented by Railway Age, and
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Patriot Rail has hired Anthony Evett to lead its industrial development portfolio as Vice President of Design and Construction.
CN announces that a new rail-served warehouse is now open in Kincheloe, near Sault Ste. Marie. Also, Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) welcomes nine new members into the Broken Wheel Club.
