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The Paris transit authority, Alstom and Britain's Great North Eastern Railway are among the private companies interested in taking over some of Amtrak's services.
Read More →Congress approved a defense appropriations bill for 2002 stating that no federal funds can be spent on a liquidation plan.
Read More →Forty two new trainsets, valued at $104 million, are scheduled to be delivered from March 2006 to August 2007.
Read More →Company will deliver 11, three-car trains to Sweden, but a plant strike in Northern Ireland has slowed production in that country.
Read More →The hold-up is a result of an outpouring of criticism about the move, according to MTA officials.
Read More →A county judge reaffirmed a ruling that an opponent of the project should have to pay a multimillion-dollar bond if he wants to appeal the transit system's earlier legal victory allowing it to issue debt to fund several projects.
Read More →Includes Train Order Maintenance Sweeps, with transit police at Canada Line and SkyTrain stations around Metro Vancouver, stepping aboard each train and briefly scanning the car. Adopted after a recent bomb scare.
Read More →The low-floor cars, which cost $233 million, are part of the $620 million Trolley Renewal Project made possible by a combination of TransNet, state and federal dollars. Blue and Orange Line stations are being reconstructed to raise platforms and add modern amenities for passengers, including next arrival signage and new shelters.
Read More →Will lease the last two of Portland’s four old-fashioned trolleys to St. Louis. While critics say that getting rid of the iconic vehicles is regrettable, the transit agency says that with the new MAX Orange line it doesn’t have room to run the trolleys anymore and that they will have a better home in St. Louis.
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