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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 16, 2024

Sound Transit Sets Date for New Link Light Rail Service

The 6.5-mile segment of the East Link Extension includes eight new stations in Bellevue and Redmond.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 16, 2024

Brookville Equipment Earns ISO 9001:2015 Certification

The campus-based certification covers Brookville’s facilities in Brookville, Pa., and will complement the organization’s long-standing Association of American Railroad M-1003 Certification for its Quality Assurance Program, which has been held since 2002.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 15, 2024

Stadler to Build More Hydrogen Trains for California

With this contract award and the other successes in the US, Germany, Italy, Austria, and Lithuania, Stadler once again confirms its position in alternative and ecological drive systems with batteries and hydrogen as over 150 trains with battery or hydrogen drives have been sold to date.

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Photo Galleriesby Alex RomanFebruary 14, 2024

California's Metrolink Celebrates Customer Appreciation Day

This year, Metrolink embraced the theme "Eras: Metrolink & Metrolink Riders" to underscore the enduring relationship between the service and its passengers.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 13, 2024

WMATA Opens Public Comment Period for Proposed Budget

The $4.5 billion capital and operating budget proposal provides a worst-case scenario; however, WMATA’s funding partners are currently working through legislation that may reduce some of the most detrimental fare and service changes proposed.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 13, 2024

STM Awards Contract for Train Control System

The $217,173,941 contract was awarded to Ground Transportation Systems Canada Inc. and includes installation, maintenance, and certain options for the CBTC system.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 9, 2024

WMATA Announces 3-Year Capital Construction Plans

Planned closures are scheduled between summer 2024 and summer 2026, with additional construction planned over the winter holidays.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 7, 2024

FTA Administrator Fernandez Announces Retirement

Upon Administrator Fernandez’s departure from FTA on February 24, FTA Deputy Administrator Veronica Vanterpool will serve as acting administrator.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 6, 2024

Amtrak Awards Contract to Build New Baltimore Tunnel

The generational investment is the centerpiece of Amtrak’s Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program, which will modernize and transform an approximately 10-mile section of the Northeast Corridor.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 5, 2024

FTA Provides $110M in Funding to Help Transit Agencies Recover from Natural Disasters

The support, provided through FTA’s ER Program, will help agencies repair damaged equipment and facilities and recoup costs for evacuation and rescue operations following floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes occurring in 2017 and 2020 to 22.

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