Under a $9 million contract with Skanska USA Civil Southeast, the supplier has provided new rail, relay rail, insulated rail joints, direct fixation fasteners and track work for a new light rail link.
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Construction of the 8.3-mile line began in early 2007 and adds a second light rail alignment through downtown Portland. The MAX system now expands to a 52-mile system with 84 stations.
Read More →The five-year contract is worth more than $42.9 million. Over the course of the contract, which will take effect on October 1, the network will increase by 50 percent as line extensions are put into service.
Read More →New light rail cars, built by Siemens, will accommodate the service that will be added through the future openings of the West Corridor, I-225 Corridor, Southeast and Southwest extensions. The rest of the new vehicles will arrive every few weeks over the next 18 months.
Read More →The next step will be for the House and Senate committees to work out the final appropriations number to be included in the legislation.
Read More →Service concluded on Sunday evening with approximately 51,000 in 10 hours on Saturday and 41,000 over an eight-hour period on Sunday. Operations ran smoothly all weekend.
Read More →Projects are expected to spur economic growth in the community by creating 60,000 direct and indirect jobs under the full $1.46 billion contract.
Read More →Disabled veterans simply need to show the proper identification card to bus operators of any fixed-route service in the state, including Metro Transit and suburban transit providers in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.
Read More →Falls Road Light Rail station improvements include increasing parking capacity from 97 spaces to 197 spaces as well as new lighting, landscaping and signs.
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Tests will be conducted on an almost daily basis until the section opens September 14. The tests are designed to evaluate the operation of the new light rail track and to familiarize rail operators with the operating characteristics of the trains on the new line.
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