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Announcement of new Valley Metro Rail Station. Photo: courtesy of Valley Metro.
Moynihan Train Hall Renderings. Photo: courtesy of SOM.
Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) announced the retirement of James A. Hixon, executive vice president law and corporate relations and chief legal officer, effective December 1, 2016. The Board of Directors named William A.
Metra, the operator of the Northeast Illinois commuter rail system, has applied for a federal grant to help the railroad fund $25.2 million for installation of Positive Train Control (PTC) on its Milwaukee North and West lines.
The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has reported that the Wilson Station Reconstruction Project is more than 50 percent complete, with the agency beginning the third phase of construction this week.
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported that U.S. rail traffic for the week ending September 24, 2016, totaled 539,609 carloads and intermodal units, a 4.8 percent decrease compared to the same week in 2015.
Sound Transit, the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority, celebrated the opening of light rail service to the new Angle Lake Station on September 24.
Amtrak has announced that it will use a portion of its $2.45 billion investment package to fund construction for the modernization of the passenger rail concourse in Washington, D.C.'s, Union Station.