Kansas City Southern said Tuesday it has introduced “a new look and improved functionality for its website, www.kcsouthern.com//en-us/Pages/Default.aspx. “KCS enlisted a third-party to survey its customers to learn what they like about
PATCO announced Tuesday that it has partnered with Cubic Transportation Systems to provide Philadelphia/New Jersey region riders with the first transit-branded, contactless Visa® prepaid card in the world. The Wave & Pay
Patriot Rail, a Florida-based company whose holdings include the Louisiana & North West Railroad (L&NW), is investing $3.3 million in new tracks, equipment, and a 340-acre transload facility as part of a
Bombardier Transportation said Tuesday it is opening a new Centre of Excellence (CoE) for its next-generation PrimoveCity technology, located at the company’s engineering and manufacturing site in Mannheim, Germany. The company says
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority officially announced Monday it will demonstrate on Tuesday its “first-ever wireless voice and data service from an underground New York City subway station.” MTA officials will be
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Monday that massive repairs on Metro-North Railroad’s hurricane-damaged Port Jervis Line, at an estimated cost of $50 million, will allow train service to resume by
MTA Long Island Rail Road announced Monday that Amtrak is beginning work the weekend of October 1-2 on a multi-year program for the full replacement of track in all four of its
Ontario’s New Democratic Party said Monday it will oppose current plans to initiate diesel multiple-unit (DMU) train service linking Toronto’s Union Station with Lester B. Pearson International Airport, based on environmental concerns.
Providence, R.I., city planners and the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority have proposed a two-mile, $126-million “starter” streetcar line for the state capital.
Whirlpool Corp. has named Kansas City Southern its Rail Carrier of the Year for the second consecutive year. With more than $18 billion in global sales, Whirlpool builds major home appliances under
Union Pacific Railroad said Monday it will continue improving the transportation infrastructure in Iowa by investing nearly $10.5 million in the rail line that runs from Des Moines to Iowa Falls. Various
Brookhaven Rail Terminal (BRT), a partnership of Long Island and upstate New York business interests, and US Rail of NY, LLC (USRNY), a licensed short line railroad operator, on Tuesday will celebrate
BNSF Railway’s planned Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) reached an important milestone with the release on Friday of a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for public review and comment. BNSF said the
The Surface Transportation Board will hear an oral argument Oct. 25 on a tricky question involving freight that gains weight under snow and ice conditions after it is tendered to the carrier.
Union Pacific Railroad said Friday it will continue improving the transportation infrastructure in Missouri by investing nearly $5 million in the rail line that runs from Pleasant Hill to Independence, Mo. Various
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Directors Thursday certified the Final Environmental Impact Statement/ Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIS/FEIR) for the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project. The 85-mile light rail
San Antonio’s VIA Metropolitan Transit, with new faces put in place for its Streetcar Commission, has reaffirmed a proposal to introduce streetcars to the city. The commission’s endorsement comes after its original
BNSF’s Belen Yard in New Mexico will be adding the RailComm Blue Flag Indicator (BFI) System to its facility, Fairport, N.Y.-based RailComm said Friday. The RailComm BFI System will allow a user
The tunnel boring machine underneath Manhattan’s Second Avenue reportedly completed its work Thursday on the second subway tunnel running from 92nd Street to 63rd Street, breaking through to an existing MTA New
MPL Technology, Inc. said Thursday it demonstrated the world’s fastest and safest locomotive fueling system to attendees of Railway Interchange 2011 this week in Minneapolis. During multiple fueling demonstrations, MPL’s SpillX fueling
