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Alexander Kummant, a former Union Pacific Railroad vice president, will assume duties Sept. 12.
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Both Amtrak and New Jersey Transit experienced power problems while a fire inside a control tower near Jamaica, N.Y., burned equipment used to control track switches at the nearby train hub.
Read More →Contract worth approximately $165M for the consortium, with Alstom’s share worth approximately $110M. The project is scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2017.
Read More →The supplier has begun delivery of 80-foot rail sections, direct fixation (DFF) fasteners, insulated joints and contact rail insulators for the construction on the project, which will eliminate slow zones on CTA's Blue Line.
Read More →In a new report, “APTA Recommendation on Commuter Rail Liability Insurance,” outlines how the commuter rail insurance market has become significantly more expensive and has much less capacity in terms of insurers willing to participate.
Read More →The project was expected to cost $5.2 billion just a few years ago but is now estimated to cost as much as $10 billion with financing. The city’s latest figures project a $1.384 billion shortfall from now to 2024.
Read More →Offering includes a sponsorship program, which will provide partners with marketing rights and benefits, such as signage and advertising in commuter rail stations, railcars and ferry facilities; corporate presence on commuter rail system maps and schedules; control of a Wi-Fi landing page; links on the MBTA website; and intellectual property rights.
Read More →Nine of the projects were selected to specifically address safety at highway-rail grade crossings, and deter illegal trespassing, which is the leading cause of rail-related deaths in America.
Read More →Another top 10 list in our 100th Anniversary special section.
Read More →After the state repays the $271M it owes the federal government for canceling the Access to the Region’s Core commuter-rail tunnel project, the FTA will return $128 million, so New Jersey can replenish other state transportation accounts that were depleted to finance the project.
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