Rail

MBTA Crews Restore Blue Line Service in Boston Following Fire and Flood

March 20, 2019

Service resumed on March 18 for the Boston MBTA Blue Line following disruption from a fire that raged for two days at an East Boston casket company, forcing evacuation of 150 homes.

Arup USA Inc. Awarded $1.5M Contract To Study Boston's North-South Rail Link

Rail link project would build a tunnel to connect North and South stations

Justin Rice

July 10, 2017

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The Massachusetts Dept. of Transportation has awarded a $1.5 million contract to Arup USA Inc. to conduct a feasibility study of Boston’s so-called North-South Rail Link, a proposed project to build a tunnel that would connect the city’s two main rail stations, North and South stations.

MBTA Notebook: Boston Landing Station Nearly Complete

Mattapan trolley investment is on the table, North-South rail link to be studied

Johanna Knapschaefer

March 7, 2017

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Crews are nearing substantial completion of the $20 million Boston Landing Station, which will return commuter rail service to the Boston neighborhood of Brighton after more than 50 years. “We’re into final trackwork, signals and inspections,” says Keith Craig, director of development at NB Development Group, Boston.

New Meriden, Conn. Transit Center Nearly Ready to Open

Johanna Knapschaefer

February 19, 2017

Part of the ongoing $639 million commuter rail line upgrade being branded as the CTrail Hartford Line, a new transit center in Meriden, Conn. is nearly complete, says John Bernick, rail administrator for Connecticut Dept. of Transportation.

MBTA Notebook: T Searches for New GM, Bids For Long-Stalled Green Line Extension To Go Out This Spring

Johanna Knapschaefer

February 17, 2017

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In an address before the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) announced the state is seeking a new general manager for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation who can lead capital projects such as the Green Line Extension.

Best Rail - Birmingham Gateway Project (BGP)

September 15, 2016

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After a £750-million surgical transformation, Birmingham, England’s notoriously dismal 1960s-era railway station has been reborn.

MIT Makes Hyperloop Pod; Startup Does Propulsion Test

Luke Abaffy

May 18, 2016

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The first public demonstration of “the hyperloop,” a new propulsion system for high-speed transit, occurred on May 11 in the desert north of Las Vegas. Days later, a team of researchers unveiled a hyperloop test pod.

DC Metro Plans Major Rebuilding

After service disruptions, contractors are set to do some needed agency work to include track and electrical upgrades

Jim Parsons

Tom Ichniowski

May 11, 2016

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In the wake of infrastructure-related service disruptions on the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s Metrorail system—and a highly critical National Transportation Safety Board report on a fatal 2015 electrical-system incident—the agency plans to launch next month an intensive, system-wide rehabilitation program, aimed at restoring safety and reliability by mid 2017.

Amtrak Crash Report Released

Jim Parsons

May 4, 2016

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A mobile maintenance backhoe struck by an Amtrak train near Chester, Pa., on April 3 was authorized to operate on the rail tracks within a scheduled 55-hour maintenance window, according to a preliminary report of the incident by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).