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Bombardier celebrates delivery of first car to Delhi Metro. Photo: courtesy of Bombardier.
New York Governor Andrew M.
Seattle Area's Sound Transit Link Light rail service to Angle Lake opens September 24, 2016, with a dedication ceremony at 9:30 a.m. and a City of SeaTac community celebration at 11 a.m.
San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) has completed a track construction and repair project between Daly City and Balboa Park stations two weeks ahead of schedule. The project was initially slated to cover seven weekends of repair work. All weekend service has now been restored.
Seeking to expand its exports, United Wagon Company (UWC), a Russia-based manufacturer of freight cars, is opening a U.S. subsidiary, Uniwagon North America Corp., in New Jersey. UWC’s shareholding in the new company is 100 percent.
The Metropolitan Council, the provider of services for the Minneapolis–Saint Paul (Twin Cities) region, has announced that the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has signed off on the
Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) marked the first anniversary of its purchase of 282 miles of Delaware & Hudson Railway Co.’s (D&H) line between Sunbury, Pa., and Schenectady, N.Y., highlighting improvements it has made to the corridor.
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported that U.S. rail traffic for the week ending September 17, 2016, totaled 537,904 carloads and intermodal units, a 5.1 percent decrease compared to the same week in 2015.