USA railroad industry news – Page 38

  • OMNY is initially available at 16 Subway stations and bus services on Staten Island.
    Metro Report International

    Account-based contactless ticketing arrives in New York

    2019-06-03T15:23:40Z

    USA: An event at Bowling Green station on May 31 marked the start of the public pilot of closed-loop account-based contactless ticketing in New York. OMNY readers accept contactless bank cards, as well as Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay and Fitbit. Cubic Transportation Systems has supplied the technology, ...

  • Dallas Area Rapid Transit has awarded Stadler a $199m contract to supply eight Flirt diesel multiple-units for the $1·1bn Cotton Belt Regional Rail Project in the northern suburbs of Dallas.
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    Cotton Belt railway DMU order placed

    2019-06-03T12:55:27Z

    USA: Dallas Area Rapid Transit has awarded Stadler a $199m contract to supply eight Flirt diesel multiple-units for the $1·1bn Cotton Belt Regional Rail Project in the northern suburbs of Dallas. The 42 km line between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Shiloh Road in Plano is under construction for opening ...

  • The extension includes the second roundabout in the USA to be incorporated into a light rail system.
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    Mesa extension includes USA’s second light rail roundabout intersection

    2019-05-20T11:08:28Z

    USA: Celebrations on May 18 marked the opening of the 3·0 km Gilbert Road extension of the Valley Metro in Mesa, Arizona. This takes the Phoenix area light rail network to 45 km and 38 stops. The extension runs along Main Street from Mesa Drive to Gilbert Road, and includes ...

  • The Southeast Rail Extension of the Denver light rail network from Lincoln Station to RidgeGate Parkway has opened.
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    Denver LRT extension to RidgeGate Parkway opens

    2019-05-20T10:58:00Z

    USA: The Southeast Rail Extension of the Denver light rail network from Lincoln Station to RidgeGate Parkway was opened with a ceremony on May 17. There were celebrations and free travel the following day, before the start of the new timetable on May 19. The 3·7 km extension is shared ...

  • Transdev Group is to operate and maintain the Fairfax Connector bus network.
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    Transdev wins Fairfax County bus contract

    2019-05-16T05:00:00Z

    USA: Virginia’s Fairfax County Department of Transportation has awarded Transdev Group a contract to operate and maintain the Fairfax Connector bus network for five years from July 1, with an option for a further 10 years. The contract is worth almost €400m. It covers the operation of 16 million bus-km/year ...

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    Anaheim Transportation Network orders battery buses

    2019-05-15T13:42:17Z

    USA: California’s Anaheim Transportation Network has awarded BYD a contract to supply 40 battery-electric buses. Half of these will be the BYD K9M design, the others the shorter BYD K7M and articulated K11M. The order is being placed through two existing contracts in Washington and Georgia, which local authorities and ...

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    Stadler inaugurates Salt Lake City factory

    2019-05-14T14:29:00Z

    USA: Vehicles being built for Caltrain and TEXRail were used to re-enact the completion of the transcontinental railway at Promontory Summit 150 years before as part of celebrations marking the official inauguration of Stadler US Inc’s factory in Salt Lake City on May 9. ‘It seems fitting that as we ...

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    Uber adds public transport ticketing option

    2019-05-03T14:28:10Z

    USA: Rail and bus tickets for travel in Denver can now been bought using the Uber taxi app. The staggered roll-out of the ticketing option which began on May 2 follows the launch in January of Uber Transit journey planning, which provides Uber users with real-time public transport information ...

  • G Line services are operated with Hyundai Rotem EMUs.
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    Denver G Line inaugurated

    2019-04-29T13:01:00Z

    USA: Denver’s G Line commuter rail service was officially inaugurated on April 26, with two weeks of free travel along the route. The 17·6 km route shares tracks with the B Line from Union Station to Pecos Junction, where the G Line branches off towards Wheat Ridge in the west, ...

  • Stadler is to supply metro rolling stock to Atlanta from its factory in Salt Lake City.
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    Stadler to supply up to 354 metro cars to Atlanta

    2019-03-29T10:14:07Z

    USA: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority has selected Stadler to supply 254 metro cars, with options for up to 100 additional cars. According to Stadler, this is the company’s largest ever rolling stock order by volume. The $600m contract includes a base order of 127 two-car permanently coupled ‘married ...

  • Hübner has a major order to supply gangways for New York City Subway trains.
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    Elastomer factory to serve US rail and bus markets

    2019-03-07T13:20:42Z

    USA: Having secured a major order to supply the gangways for new New York City Subway trains, Hübner has announced plans to build a elastomer product factory at Dunlap in Tennessee by 2020. This is to produce moulded parts, silicone seals and sensor-equipped rubber profiles for the US rail and ...

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    Boston subway signalling contract awarded

    2019-03-04T15:08:51Z

    USA: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has awarded Alstom and construction contractor Barletta Heavy Division an €80m contract to modernise the signalling on Boston’s Red and Orange metro lines, covering a total of 72 km and 41 stations. The project which is scheduled to be completed in 2020 is expected to ...

  • A 10-point plan to restructure the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has been announced.
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    Congestion charge to support New York MTA under major restructuring

    2019-02-26T16:40:26Z

    USA: A 10-point plan to restructure and provide long-term funding for the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority was announced on February 26 in a joint statement by state Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. At the heart of the restructuring proposal, which would need to ...

  • SBCTA has ordered three Stadler Flirt DMUs to operate the Arrow service.
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    Redlands Passenger Rail construction contract awarded

    2019-02-26T15:47:00Z

    USA: Construction work for the 14·5 km Redlands Passenger Rail Project in southern California is on course to start later this year, following the selection of Flatiron Construction Corp as preferred bidder for the $154m main works contract. The $312m Redlands project is being promoted by San ...

  • The maintenance vehicle to be used on SEPTA's Norristown High Speed Line has snow ploughs at both ends.
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    Maintenance vehicle delivered to Philadelphia

    2019-02-11T15:56:27Z

    USA: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has taken delivery of a maintenance vehicle and a flat wagon with driving cab for use on the Norristown High Speed Line rapid transit route. The Plasser American PMC50 vehicle is fitted with a National Crane 400B crane, a hydraulic tool power circuit and ...

  • Siemens had previously supplied two batches of light rail vehicles to Houston.
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    Siemens to supply more light rail vehicles to Houston

    2019-02-06T09:05:19Z

    USA: Houston Metro has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to supply 14 S70 low-floor light rail vehicles. The LRVs will be built to an updated design with wider gangways for better passenger flow. To meet Buy America requirements, they will be assembled at Siemens Mobility’s plant in Sacramento, California. ...

  • Public transport in Denver includes a light rail network.
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    Uber to offer public transport options in Denver

    2019-02-01T16:21:25Z

    USA: Uber is to offer public transport options in its app to users in Denver. The partnership with Regional Transportation District announced on January 31 will also offer the ability for Uber app users to purchase mobile tickets through the app. Talking about Uber’s first in-app integration with public ...

  • Account-based ticketing will be introduced on MTS buses and light rail.
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    San Diego adopts account-based fare collection

    2019-01-22T15:45:00Z

    USA: San Diego Metropolitan Transit System has awarded a contract to Init for the supply of an account-based fare collection system, with an option to operate and maintain it. Due to be rolled out in 2021, the system will use Init’s MOBILEvario back-office software. Init will supply 100 cash ...

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    BART Silicon Valley Phase II extension contract awarded

    2019-01-14T15:38:12Z

    USA: Project promoter Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority has awarded an engineering services contract covering Phase II of the BART Silicon Valley extension project. The contract with a joint venture of Mott McDonald and PGH Wong Engineering is worth up to $125m. The planned 10 km southern extension from ...

  • The TEX Rail commuter line opened on January 10 (Photo: Trinity Metro).
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    TEX Rail commuter line opens

    2019-01-10T14:26:13Z

    USA: The 43 km TEX Rail commuter rail line linking central Fort Worth with Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport opened on January 10, when the first train left North Side station at 03.38. The line developed by regional transport authority Trinity Metro starts at the Texas & Pacific Station in Fort ...