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The LACMTA Board has selected the San Vicente–Fairfax alignment as the Locally Preferred Alternative for the 10-mile, 10-station K Line Northern Extension project. (Map Courtesy of LACMTA)

Transit Briefs: LACMTA, NYMTA, BART, Denver RTD, SEPTA, Alstom

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) Board signs off on the K Line Northern Extension plan. Also, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) launches a mobile app for subway and bus riders; San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) posts its highest ridership week since the pandemic; Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) in Colorado releases preliminary 2025 financial results; Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) will deploy digital real-time arrival displays at selected trolley and bus stops; and Alstom will upgrade the Skyway at Houston Intercontinental Airport in Texas.

Wabtec lands multiple contracts in India to supply more than 680 pantographs that are slated to “improve overall fleet availability” and provide “more reliable, efficient, and sustainable rail operations.” (Courtesy of Wabtec)
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Supply Side: Wabtec, Alstom, Duos

Wabtec Corporation secures multiple pantograph orders in India. Also, four new Alstom automated people mover (APM) vehicles enter service at Tampa International Airport; and Duos Technologies hosts FRA Administrator David Fink at its Jacksonville, Fla., headquarters.

Marc Bernier (Courtesy of Alstom)

Alstom Appoints North American VP, RSC

Marc Bernier on Dec. 1 transitioned to Vice President of Alstom’s Rolling Stock and Components (RSC) business in North America. He is leading engineering, development, and production sites, and has accountability for delivering all rolling stock projects in the region.

NC By Train in October experienced its highest ridership month in 35 years of service. The state-supported Amtrak intercity passenger rail service carried 74,400 riders, nearly 10% more than in October 2024. (Courtesy of NCDOT)

Transit Briefs: NC by Train, WMATA/COG, MBTA, Rail Runner Express

NC By Train—North Carolina-supported Amtrak service—celebrates the highest ridership month in its 35-year history. Also, the boards of Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) endorse a plan to modernize Metro rail and bus service and strengthen regional transit coordination; Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) will soon debut Commuter Rail fare gates at Boston’s South Station; and security cameras will be installed on New Mexico’s Rail Runner Express trains.

Sound Transit staff on Aug. 28 “reported a need for an additional $14 to $20 billion in today’s dollars to cover capital program costs to complete” the ST3 light rail projects that voters approved in 2016—“unless cost-saving measures are applied,” according to KIRO 7 in Seattle. (Sound Transit Photograph)

Transit Briefs: Sound Transit, NJT, Amtrak, Metrolinx

Seattle’s Sound Transit faces a multibillion-dollar budget shortfall and readies for the mid-life overhaul of its commuter rail fleet. Also, New Jersey Transit (NJT) brings the River LINE light rail operation and maintenance in-house; Atlanta Regional Commission and the City of Atlanta, Ga., consider relocating the Amtrak station; and “Libby” and “Corkie” will carve out Metrolinx’s first two Ontario Line subway tunnels in Toronto.

Pictured: The first of three three long-distance trainsets (P’atals) for the Tren Maya project. (Photograph Courtesy of Alstom)

Alstom Delivers First Tren Maya Long-Distance Trainset

Alstom on Sept. 20 reported delivering for the Tren Maya project the first of three long-distance trainsets to Mexico’s federal government and the National Fund for Tourism Development (FONATUR) / Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA).

NJ Transit Authorizes Contract with Foley-Caterpillar for ALP-45 Maintenance Work

NJ Transit’s Board of Directors on Dec. 14 approved a contract with Piscataway, N.J.-based Foley-Caterpillar to perform key state-of-good-repair maintenance on the engines of its ALP-45 fleet, which will allow the dual-powered locomotives to “maintain their current Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tier III emissions standards and continue the environmental benefits they provide compared to the older locomotives they replaced.”

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