Commuter Regional

Toronto RER plan moves forward

An update on plans to establish regular-interval all-day services on regional/commuter rail lines in southern Ontario was presented at the meeting of the Metrolinx board of directors on Dec. 11, 2014. Metrolinx is the regional public transportation authority for the greater Toronto and Hamilton area.

Partners in transit

Contractors with transit project experience rely on solid communication, developing a team culture and enhancing relationships to get them to a successful result.

Boston barnstormer

The 110-mph MPI HSP46 is the newest addition to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority regional rail locomotive fleet. MBTA is taking delivery on 40 HSP46 diesel-electric locomotives, nos. 2000-2039, built by Wabtec subsidiary MotivePower Industries.

Movable bridge best-practices

Even with the use of advanced technology, movable bridge machinery on an electrified railway remains a complex combination of structural, mechanical, and electrical systems.

Learner joins Amtrak Chicago panel

Howard Learner, an attorney who serves as president of the Chicago-based Environmental Law and Policy Center, has joined Amtrak’s Chicago Gateway Initiative, a blue ribbon panel of rail and transportation leaders tasked with identifying infrastructure and operational improvements to address Chicago’s rail traffic congestion, which Amtrak says “is causing major delays for Amtrak passengers and freight shipments.”

Final rail laid on Denver RTD East Rail Line

Denver’s Regional Transit District (RTD) said Monday, Nov. 24, 2014 that the last steel rail had been laid in RTD’s East Rail Line, linking Denver Union Station and Denver International Airport, at roughly the midway point.

RTD’s first EMUs arrive in Denver

Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) trumpeted the arrival of its first electric multiple-unit (EMU) consist of four cars onto RTD territory late Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014. RTD on Friday subsequently targeted an 11:00 a.m. (Mountain Time) arrival of the EMUs in Denver Union Station.

Sound Transit seeks new revenue sources

Seattle’s Sound Transit governing board on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 voted to seek new revenue sources for continued expansion of its rail, light rail, and bus system serving three urban Washington state counties.

Two MTA railroads to acquire video cameras

Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road won approval from a committee of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board of Directors on Monday, Nov. 17, 2014 to award contracts totaling $34.6 million for the purchase of inward- and outward-facing cameras in the cabs of their rail fleets.

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