Latest Rail Industry News
The Board of Directors of Seattle's Sound Transit has signed a contract worth $174 million for Absher Construction Company to build the Northgate Station, guideway and parking garage.
Metra, the operator of the Northeast Illinois commuter rail system, is beginning the $3 million renovation of the Calumet Station. The station, at Park Avenue and 174th Street in East Hazel Crest, serves approximately 1,200 Metra customers each weekday.
Interior of renovated Croton-Harmon Station. Photo: courtesy of MTA.
The Surface Transportation Board website www.stb.dot.gov is changing to www.stb.gov on September 9, 2016. The change is intended to reflect that the STB is a wholly independent federal agency, as a result of the STB Reauthorization Act of 2015, which eliminated the STB’s administrative affiliation with the U.S. Department of Transportation.
GE executives and representatives from Welland and the Niagara Region were joined by Premier Kathleen Wynne and the Canadian Federal Minister of International Trade Chrystia Freeland at a groundbreaking ceremony for GE’s multi-modal “Brilliant Factory” in Welland, Canada.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker was joined by local elected officials and state transportation leaders as he signed the last beam to be hoisted atop CRRC MA's $95 million rail car factory in Springfield, Mass., as part of a "Topping Off" ceremony.
HUBER+SUHNER, a producer of electrical and optical connections, and Bombardier Transportation have signed a five-year agreement that will give HUBER+SUHNER the majority of Bomb
GE Transportation has acquired ShipXpress, a provider of cloud-based supply chain software solutions for transportation, industrial and commodities businesses.