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News•by Staff•February 18, 2015

Metra awards contract to 'modernize' railcar fleet

The contract to renovate to engines to “like new” condition was awarded to Progress Rail Services Corp. of Patterson, Ga. The work covers 41 EMD Model F40PH-2 and F40PHM-2 locomotives that were originally built between 1989 and 1992.

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News•by Staff•February 18, 2015

Alstom awarded 15-year rail service contract

Will maintain 75 passenger cars on the “Caledonian Sleeper” trains, one of only two sleeper services in the UK. Alstom has been providing maintenance services for the “Caledonian Sleeper” trains for more than a decade.

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News•by Staff•February 17, 2015

Stockholm to build bikes only parking garage

Located near a major train station, the garage will include a bike repair shop and changing rooms where commuters can shower, dress for work, and leave their helmets in lockers.

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News•by Staff•February 17, 2015

Cummins expands diagnostic app availability

Since it was first announced in March 2014, Cummins has over 5,000 engines running Connected Diagnostics in North American medium- and heavy-duty truck markets, with multiple telematics providers. Expansion is underway to integrate Connected Diagnostics into the commercial marine, power generation, rail, transit bus, motorcoach, construction and mining markets.

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News•by Staff•February 17, 2015

TSA commends 5 transit agencies for security programs

Virginia Railway Express; Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority; Long Island Railroad; Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority and Hillsborough Area Regional Transit were recognized.

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News•by Staff•February 13, 2015

T&I Committee approves rail bill markup

During the legislation markup, the Committee also approved 12 General Services Administration Capital Investment and Leasing Program resolutions that will result in “$111 million in taxpayer savings,” and the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Views and Estimates of the Committee.

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News•by Staff•February 12, 2015

Paris orders more trains from Alstom-Bombardier consortium

The new trains — set to be delivered during 2017 — will operate on the RER line A, which carries 1.2 million passengers per day, making it the busiest regional line in Europe.

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News•by Staff•February 12, 2015

LIRR, NJ TRANSIT temporarily shutdown after separate incidents

In the first incident, a man was hit by a NJ TRANSIT train near the Garfield station with 100 passengers onboard, although there were no injuries. Later in the afternoon, the Port Washington Branch on the LIRR was completely suspended in both directions after an unauthorized person was hit by a train at Flushing-Main Street in Queens.

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News•by Staff•February 11, 2015

Michigan DOT paying $1M per year for unused railcars

The department started leasing the cars in 2010 for two proposed commuter rail passenger,  however, nearly five years later, none of the cars has logged a single commuter passenger mile.

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