Unlucky 13: Pittsburgh cuts LRT stops
The Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAT) said Monday it will eliminate 13 “little-used” Pittsburgh light rail transit stops to speed up travel times. The move will take place June 25.
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Regional Rail LLC acquires recycling company
Regional Rail, LLC says it has acquired a construction and demolition debris (C&D) rail-served transfer station in Conshohocken, Pa.
Bombardier signs MTA NYCT contract
Bombardier Transportation announced Monday that it has signed its contract for 300 R179 subway cars with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to be delivered to New York City Transit (NYCT). The order is valued at approximately $599 million.
APTA: 1Q public transit ridership “surged”
Public transportation ridership surged in the first quarter of 2012, increasing 5.0% over the first quarter of last year, according to a report released Monday by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), coinciding with APTA’s ongoing Rail Conference in Dallas.
CIT announces orders for 3,500 railcars
CIT Group Monday announced that railcar lessor CIT Rail has ordered 3,500 railcars from multiple manufacturers with deliveries scheduled throughout 2012 and 2013.
AECOM to design Toronto’s Air Rail Link spur
AECOM says it has been named lead design subconsultant to a joint venture contracted to design, build, and finance a spur line and passenger station as part of Ontario’s Air Rail Link (ARL).
DART marks Customer No. 250 million
Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) early Monday morning heralded reaching 250 million customers since DART light rail transit service began almost 16 years ago on June 14, 1996.
Regan Smith, No. 78 running strong for Monster Mile
Regan Smith, No. 78 running strong for Monster Mile Regan Smith, driver of the No. 78 Furniture Row Racing/CSX Play It Safe Chevrolet Impala, heads into Sunday’s FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks
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At APTA conference, rail transit at its best
Big D, here I come! On June 2, some colleagues and I will be rumbling (literally) into Dallas to attend selected events in and around the 2012 Rail Transit Conference of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA).
Norfolk Southern: At 30, still growing
Norfolk Southern, a railroad that has more than once been characterized as the world’s most successful, observes its 30th anniversary June 2 in a position of strength and growth, despite a weakened national economy.
Grain shippers: UP “top-performing” railroad
For the second year in a row, Union Pacific was selected as the top performing railroad by leading U.S. agricultural shippers in the third annual Soy Transportation Coalition (STC) Railroad Report Card, the coalition announced Thursday.
CP trains resume rolling
Canadian Pacific operations throughout Canada resumed at roughly 7:00 a.m. Friday morning (Eastern Time), CP spokesman Ed Greenberg told Railway Age.
Senator proposes DOT “freight initiative”
U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) on Thursday asked Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to launch a “high-level and coordinated multimodal freight initiative at the U.S. Department of Transportation to improve the management of freight programs, investment, coordination, and planning.”
U.S. freight carload traffic, intermodal both gain
In a welcome departure from past weeks, U.S. freight carload traffic for the week ending May 26, 2012 notched an increase, up 1.3% measured against the comparable week in 2011, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Thursday.
NYMTA completes third East Side Access tunnel
The third of four East Side Access tunnels was completed Tuesday, seven weeks ahead of schedule, when a 642-ton tunnel boring machine rolled to a halt underneath Sunnyside Yard in Queens, the New York MTA announced Thursday.
Bombardier unveils new PRIMOVE application
In Berlin Thursday, Bombardier Transportation unveiled a new application for both rail and road transit of what it described as its “game-changing” PRIMOVE system, applicable to rail and bus public transit.
TTC: Let Metrolinx build Eglinton LRT
The Toronto Transit Commission Wednesday said it is comfortable with letting Metrolinx take the lead in building additional light rail transit in Canada’s largest city, including the Eglinton Crosstown LRT.
NJT’s ALP-45DP enters revenue service
New Jersey Transit’s newest locomotive made its first revenue service run May 30. The ALP-45DP (dual-power), described by NJT as a “hybrid” locomotive in that it operates under AC-catenary electric or diesel-electric power, is the first of its type in North America.
What’s lowering railcar rents?
A perfect storm of interest rate, tax, and market factors is driving down the rents for many of today’s railcar users to historic lows. Low interest rates are contributing to long term
Philadelphia expects 1,000 for HSR Congress
More than 1,000 high-speed rail planners, operators, and equipment manufacturers are expected to gather in Philadelphia July 10-13 for UIC HIGHSPEED 2012, a World Congress sponsored by the Paris-based International Union of Railways, and the concurrent UIC HIGHSPEED 2012 International Trade Exhibition.