USA railroad industry news – Page 38

  • Federal Way Link Extension will extend the light rail line south from Angle Lake to Federal Way.
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    Seattle light rail extension designer selected

    2019-07-18T14:00:00Z

    USA: Seattle-Tacoma transport authority Sound Transit has selected Parsons as lead designer for the Federal Way Link Extension project, the company announced on July 11. Parsons will work as part of a team led by Kiewit Infrastructure West Company, which was awarded a design-build contract earlier this year. ...

  • Eflare Corp is supplying the New York subway with 22 000 compact handheld LED hazard warning beacons for use by track workers.
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    LED beacons certified for the New York subway

    2019-07-09T05:00:00Z

    USA: Eflare Corp is supplying the New York subway with 22 000 compact handheld LED hazard warning beacons for use by track workers. New York City Transit Authority worked with Eflare for more than three years to ensure the Australian company’s beacons meet its demanding requirements, and testing was undertaken ...

  • Bombardier Transportation is to operate and maintain the SFO AirTrain automated peoplemover at San Francisco International Airport.
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    SFO AirTrain operating contract awarded

    2019-07-02T12:26:00Z

    USA: The City & County of San Francisco has awarded Bombardier Transportation a new contract to operate and maintain the SFO AirTrain automated peoplemover at San Francisco International Airport. The contract is worth $220m over 10 years, and has an option for an additional five years. Bombardier supplied the SFO ...

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    FTA grant for Dallas light rail capacity improvement

    2019-07-02T11:00:00Z

    USA: Dallas Area Rapid Transit has signed a $61m grant agreement with the Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration for the lengthening of platforms at 28 stops on the Red and Blue lines. The grant announced on June 27 is part of FTA’s Capital Investment Grants programme. ...

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    Five-year Boston transport investment plan approved

    2019-06-21T15:07:00Z

    USA: The Massachusetts Department of Transportation and Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority voted on June 18 to approve the 2020-24 capital investment plan. This includes a contribution of $753·7m towards the Red and Orange metro line fleet replacement. CRRC is supplying 252 cars for the Red Line and ...

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    PATH Improvement Plan revealed

    2019-06-21T13:23:00Z

    USA: The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey unveiled the PATH Improvement Plan on June 20. The proposals envisage capacity increases as well as measures to improve reliability and passenger experience on the metro network linking New York with New Jersey. Capacity increases are to ...

  • Bombardier Transportation announced on June 14 that it is opening an assembly plant in Pittsburg, California.
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    Bombardier to open assembly plant in California

    2019-06-17T14:00:00Z

    USA: Bombardier Transportation announced on June 14 that it is opening an assembly plant in Pittsburg, California. The first vehicles to be assembled at the new factory will be the Fleet of the Future metro cars that Bombardier is supplying for the BART network serving San Francisco. Intended to ...

  • TriMet has 79 SD660 LRVs in its fleet.
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    Siemens wins Portland light rail vehicle overhaul contract

    2019-06-05T13:00:00Z

    USA: Portland transport agency TriMet has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to undertake the mid-life overhaul of 79 SD660 light rail vehicles. Due to be completed in 2025, the €80m contract includes options worth a further €25m. Following two pilot overhauls at the Siemens Mobility West Coast Rail Services ...

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