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FRA Announces $5.3B in Rail Investments, Including $2B for Amtrak
Funding will support grade-crossing improvements, infrastructure upgrades, and new Amtrak equipment in 23 states.
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SEARCHMENUSEARCHFunding will support grade-crossing improvements, infrastructure upgrades, and new Amtrak equipment in 23 states.
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Transit officials knew that The Tide project would cost more than the $232 million figure they gave to the government back in 2007.
Read More →Agency would like money to pay for multi-level railcars already on order.
Read More →The House still has to approve a companion bill before President Obama can sign the $848 billion tax cut package, along with the commuter tax break, into law.
Read More →ARI is currently in negotiations with American Railcar Leasing LLC (ARL), an affiliate, to enter into an agreement pursuant to which ARL would identify potential leasing customers for ARI in exchange for fees payable by ARI to ARL.
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The report analyzed the specific effect on oil demand from telecommuting, bus rapid transit, transit competition, improved transportation technology, vouchers and other policies. The group also recommended implementation strategies to maximize oil savings.
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The four Pendolino trains, ordered by Karelian Trains, with a commercial speed of up to 137 mph, now link the two cities in three and a half hours, compared to the previous five-and-a-half hours.
Read More →Agency plans to issue $50 tickets to fare jumping minors and their parents as of February 1. Transit police will meet with community members to brainstorm ideas for getting the word out to youths.
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The vehicles will be manufactured at Bombardier Transportation’s Görlitz facility in Germany and in Israel.
Read More →Talgo will first complete work on four trainsets for Wisconsin and Oregon, then open a maintenance facility to service those vehicles at a location yet to be determined.
Read More →In Panama, the Secretaría del Metro de Panama awarded a contract to the "Consorcio Linea 1" to build the first line of the Panama Metro. Meanwhile, in Santo Domingo, the Dominican operator OPRET awarded Alstom a contract to supply 15 Metropolis train sets of three cars each, for the line 2 of the Santo Domingo metro.
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