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This new train, an evolution of the former Pendolino high speed train, can reach a maximum speed of 155 mph. Measuring 614 feet long, the train will be composed of 7 cars accommodating around 480 passengers.
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The opening of the 11-mile corridor is nearly six months earlier than required by the FTA, which is funding half the $957 million project.
Read More →Issues a "request for expressions of interest" as a first step in the procurement process that will award contracts for the first $5.5 billion in construction and ultimately for the design and construction of the entire system, its trainsets, and its operations and maintenance.
Read More →Looking into ways the private sector can help the state build and pay for a $2.6 billion rail line through Baltimore. The line may be in competition with the proposed Purple Line, which would run through the Washington, D.C. suburbs, for federal funds.
Read More →Streetcar testing is set to start in November, with revenue operations scheduled to begin by Sept. 15, 2016.
Read More →The backlog could be wiped out by 2040 if the T spends $765 million annually on the maintenance backlog — rather than the current $610 million.
Read More →Funded by the Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Program, the investments will help replace bridges and tunnels along the Northeast Corridor and more.
Read More →The contract, which was awarded in May 2014, is under a PPP and is Keolis’ first light rail operation in North America.
Read More →The group, which includes the ABA, UMA, IMG, and more said the shutdown has harmful economic effects to the U.S. and its tourism industry.
Read More →Wisconsin has suspended work under its existing high-speed rail agreement and the incoming Governors in Wisconsin and Ohio have both indicated that they will not move forward to use high-speed rail money received under the Recovery Act.
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