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
Rail Infrastructure Amtrak Picks Kiewit-Shea Team for Contract Under $6B Baltimore Tunnel Program James Leggate February 6, 2024 No Comments The planned Frederick Douglass Tunnel would replace the 150-year-old B&P Tunnel.Read More
Transit Infrastructure US DOT Approves $2.5B for Vegas-to-California High-Speed Rail Tom Ichniowski January 23, 2024 No Comments Private-equity bonds would boost 218-mile Brightline West project that is expected to break ground early next year.Read More
Passenger Rail White House Awards $16.4B for 25 Northeast Corridor Projects Tom Ichniowski November 6, 2023 No Comments Baltimore's 150-year-old rail tunnel gets the largest grant, $4.7 billion, to alleviate a major rail line bottleneck.Read More
Railroads US DOT Awards $1.4B in Grants to Rail Infrastructure Projects Tom Ichniowski September 25, 2023 No Comments FRA receives $6B in grant applications, four times the funds available.Read More
Canadian Rail Line Rolls on While Spinning Up Its Own Digital Twin Aileen Cho August 10, 2023 No Comments The private operator of the Canada Line in Vancouver is using a digital twin of the 19-km-long, 16-station, 12-year-old transit system for predictive maintenance and infrastructure planning.Read More
Highway Infrastructure US DOT Awards $570M in Grants to Upgrade Rail Grade Crossings Tom Ichniowski June 5, 2023 No Comments Texas, California and Alabama are top three states for grant dollars.Read More
Rail Infrastructure DOT Offers $9B in Grants for Northeast Corridor Passenger Rail Projects James Leggate December 22, 2022 No Comments The passenger rail route between Boston and Washington D.C. is the busiest in the U.S. and continues to grow in ridership.Read More
Tunnels Excavation Begins on French End of 35-Mile Lyons-Turin Rail Tunnel Peter Reina December 15, 2022 No Comments The planned 170-mile rail line between Lyons, France, and Turin, Italy would include about 100 miles of access and running tunnels.Read More
Rail Infrastructure Competition Opens for $2.3B in Passenger Rail Infrastructure Grants Most of the Federal Railroad Administration funds come from federal infrastructure law Tom Ichniowski December 10, 2022 No Comments A separate program, coming later, will apply to Northeast Corridor projects.Read More