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Newsby Staff and News ReportsMarch 12, 2024

Feds Invest $4B in 14 Major Transit Construction Projects

The rail and BRT projects will bring about transformative change in their communities by providing transit opportunities to new riders, creating jobs, and jumpstarting economic development.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsMarch 6, 2024

Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner Relaunching Service Through Damaged Area

With all 33 steel beams for the foundation of the wall in place and Amtrak conducting its own risk analysis, the team has agreed that limited Pacific Surfliner service can safely resume to and from San Diego through San Clemente.

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Newsby StaffMarch 4, 2024

Amtrak Awards Contract for Upgrades in Philadelphia

Herzog Contracting Corp. was selected to design and construct a new Heavy Maintenance Facility at Amtrak’s Penn Coach Yard in Philadelphia.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseFebruary 19, 2024

California's OCTA Lands $7M for Rail Protection

The new funding from the state allows the OCTA and Metrolink project team to move forward on constructing a catchment wall at Mariposa Point in San Clemente, as well as other mitigation to protect the track from soil and debris.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 6, 2024

Amtrak Awards Contract to Build New Baltimore Tunnel

The generational investment is the centerpiece of Amtrak’s Frederick Douglass Tunnel Program, which will modernize and transform an approximately 10-mile section of the Northeast Corridor.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsJanuary 22, 2024

Amtrak Begins Construction at Gray 30th Street Station

This project is part of the first phase of the District Plan.

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Transit Dispatchesby Mary Scott NabersJanuary 3, 2024

$8B Rail Project Funding Should Stir Interest in 2024

In December, the FRA announced $8.1 billion in funding for passenger rail projects. The funding is a part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act that Congress passed several years ago, but the funding now is flowing aggressively.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseDecember 4, 2023

Amtrak Shares Results, Accomplishments from FY23

In FY23, more than 28 million customers rode Amtrak nationwide, fueled in part by growth on the Northeast Corridor (NEC).

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseNovember 21, 2023

Amtrak Launches Procurement for Sawtooth Bridges Replacement Project

Replacement of the Sawtooth Bridges is a component of the Gateway Program to preserve and expand the busiest section of the Northeast Corridor (NEC).

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsNovember 7, 2023

Southern California’s Metrolink, Amtrak Provide Expanded Customer Options

The new expanded codeshare reciprocity will run as a pilot program currently slated to end June 30, 2024.

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