Transit UK's National Rail Plans $3.5B in Infrastructure Resilience Improvements Peter Reina April 9, 2024 No Comments The U.K.'s rail network has faced increasing challenges related to extreme weather.Read More
Transit Amtrak Picks Herzog to Design and Build Philadelphia Rail Maintenance Facility Project is first of six such facility upgrades across its network James Leggate March 1, 2024 No Comments Contracts for upgrade projects at several more maintenance facilities are set to be awarded his year.Read More
$3.93B East Africa Rail Link Nets $696M in Financing From Development Bank Shem Oirere December 29, 2023 No Comments The new $3.93-billion standard gauge railway line will connect from Tabora in Tanzania to landlocked Burundi’s mineral-rich Musongati area.Read More
Officials Detail Conceptual Plans for Up to $4B Southern California Rail Tunnel Aileen Cho Cyrus Fa'amafoe October 24, 2023 One Comment Public outreach has begun related to the San Diego to San Luis Obispo project along a portion of the nation’s second-busiest passenger rail corridor.Read More
Transportation Funds Advance Chicago Transit Authority $3.6B Red Line Extension CTA gets green light from Federal Transit Agency to move the 5.6-mile rail project into design Jeff Yoders Annemarie Mannion September 21, 2023 No Comments Rail project moves into the design phase with $1.97 billion in grant funding from the Federal Transit AdministrationRead More
Passenger Rail Amtrak Details Ambitious Plans to Triple Capital Spending in Next Two Years Scott Blair September 19, 2023 No Comments Major programs include $1B Sawtooth Bridges Replacement in New Jersey, needed to support Gateway mega-program to add rail tunnels under the Hudson River. Read More
Transportation Feds Release $8.8B Expansion Plan for DC’s Union Station Rail Hub Jim Parsons May 17, 2023 No Comments Federal Railroad Administration issues a supplemental draft environmental review for planned modernization of the 115-year-old facility. Read More
Transit SEPTA Halts $3B Rail Project Plan Amid Cost, Funding Woes James Leggate March 21, 2023 No Comments The King of Prussia rail project would have extended a passenger line by 4 miles and added five stations.Read More
Transit Federal Loan Advances NW Indiana Commuter Rail Track Project James Leggate December 28, 2022 No Comments South Shore Line double track project plan calls for improvements along a 26-mile corridor between Gary and Michigan City. Read More
Amtrak Ramps Up Staff, Project Portfolio in Wake of Historic Funding Aileen Cho Jim Parsons December 6, 2022 No Comments Some $40B in projects are in planning or development for the intercity passenger railroad, with new federal infrastructure law funding boost.Read More