Metro Magazine

Rail

Herzog, Archer Western win Texas rail contract

Lewisville, Texas-based Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA) has selected the North Texas Rail Group (NTRG), a team led by the joint venture of Herzog Contracting Corp. and Archer Western Contractors, a member of the Walsh Group of companies, to provide pre-construction and construction services for the A-train, its rail stations and adjacent bicycle and pedestrian trail.

CSX wins Mass. rail contract

The agreement includes the addition of five commuter trains, while leaving open the possibility of additional trains as rail capacity is created. It will also create the ability of area companies to ship or receive products on double-stack rail cars.

Women in Transportation

This year we profile the achievements of 10 women who have used skills in finance, construction, civic involvement, contract negotiations, planning, social activism and entrepreneurship to make their mark on the industry.

BART gets cash for extension

The 5.4-mile extension is part of a $6.1 billion project that is slated to begin construction in summer 2009, which will take the BART system to Milpitas, San Jose and Santa Clara.

House passes $13 billion Amtrak authorization

The legislation combines the substance of Amtrak reauthorization legislation that passed both houses earlier this year (H.R. 6003) with an improved version of the Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007 (H.R. 2095), which originally passed the House in 2007.

METRO Briefs

Bus drivers aid in evacuation effort. Federal government rejects transit security grant request. Congress reaches rail safety bill agreement.

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