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Newsby StaffSeptember 29, 2011

Calif.'s SMART awarded $33.1M for rail

The initial operating segment, between Railroad Square in Santa Rosa and downtown San Rafael, is the first phase of a project that will create a new North Bay “backbone” to complement existing transit options.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 3, 2011

Sonoma-Marin, Calif. transit chief resigns

Lillian Hames, GM of Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit, gave her resignation, which was effective immediately, to the board of directors last week.

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Newsby StaffJuly 17, 2009

Sonoma-Marin, Calif. system selects U.S.-style railcars

Four manufacturers-- Brookville Equipment Corp. of Brookville, Pa.; Nippon-Sharyo Ltd. of Japan; Siemens Corp. of Germany; and U.S. Railcar LLC of Columbus, Ohio -- have expressed interest in building vehicles for this project. All have indicated they would build the district’s fleet of about a dozen vehicles in the U.S., meeting the FTA’s “Buy America” requirements.

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