Latest Rail Industry News
Brightline, soon to be Virgin Trains, has received approval from the Boca Raton City Council for a long-term lease on a 1.8-acre site to construct a train station and parking garage.
The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) joined with officials from the Maryland Aviation Administration and Amtrak to celebrate the opening of the renovated BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Rail Station.
Metro Platform Improvement Project to take place at Virginia stations. Photo: courtesy of WMATA.
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported that U.S. rail traffic for the week ending December 7, 2019, totaled 517,130 carloads and intermodal units, a 9.4 percent decrease compared to 2018.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), Transit Innovation Partnership and Empire State Development hosted a Signaling Innovation Summit where MTA and Transit Innovation Partners announced Signaling Demo Day, a new signaling challenge to identify ways to make existing s
Union Pacific (UP) has reorganized its marketing and sales structure, consolidating four of its business groups to Bulk, Industrial and Premium. The changes will be effective January 1, 2020.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and its Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) have received a report from the MBTA Safety Review Panel, which was commissioned by the FMCB in June.
NJ TRANSIT announced that Amtrak crews have begun early action construction work at County Yard in New Brunswick, N.J.
Siemens USA has appointed Marsha Smith chief financial officer, effective January 1, 2020. She will succeed Heribert Stumpf who is retiring after 38 years with the company.