Ottawa picks Alstom for six DMU trainsets
Alstom Transport on Friday said it will supply OC Transpo, the urban transit service for Ottawa, Ontario, with six new diesel multi-unit (DMU) trainsets. The order is worth C$34 million. The new Alstom DMUs,
Alstom Transport on Friday said it will supply OC Transpo, the urban transit service for Ottawa, Ontario, with six new diesel multi-unit (DMU) trainsets. The order is worth C$34 million. The new Alstom DMUs,
As New York Penn Station marks a century of service, planners are gearing up for the next 100 years. A century ago, the Pennsylvania Railroad was in the midst of one of the most expansive infrastructure capital programs in the history of the United States.
Metrolinx, the Greater Toronto Area’s regional transportation agency, reportedly has been cited by Advertising Standards Canada of publishing misleading information on its proposed Air Rail Link and related rail projects.
An elder statesman among the growing crowd of U.S. transit properties, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority—the “T”—holds to its vision: expand its service area and service options. Watch Boston TV, listen to a radio station, and/or read a Boston-area newspaper (or news/opinion website) even casually and you’ll find feedback on Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
$7 billion is available for Class II and Class III railroads.
Calculating the potential business generated by recent federal high speed rail dollars apportioned to Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor and other Northeast rail locations, HNTB Friday announced it has added four rail experts to its Northeast Division.
There are two constants about regional rail that most agencies will agree upon: 1) Customers prefer a one-seat ride. 2) Electrification has many benefits, but it’s very expensive. This locomotive, Bombardier Transportation’s ALP-45DP dual-power, which NJ Transit and AMT (Montreal) are acquiring in a joint procurement, addresses both these issues.
Amtrak in June will begin a summer-long project to replace rail ties on the Northeast Corridor in Massachusetts, impacting Amtrak service and Massachusetts Bay Transporation Authority (MBTA) consists. Tie replacement will occur between Boston’s Back Bay Station and Forest Hills Station.
Passenger flows were nearly normal Monday morning at PATH’s Hoboken Station following an accident Sunday, when a train ran through its bumper block and into the station platform, injuring about 35 people, some of whom were treated in nearby hospitals.