Washington Silver Line Phase 2 contract awarded
METROPOLITAN Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) awarded the first of three-design-build contracts on May 14 for the second phase of the Washington DC Silver Line, which will extend the line from Wiehle Avenue in Reston to Washington Dulles International Airport and Ashburn.
EDMONTON Transit has awarded Axion International Holdings, United States, a contract to supply its Ecotrax 100% recycled composite sleepers for use on the city's light rail network.
Axion says that more than 68 tonnes of plastic,...
WASHINGTON Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has placed a $US 184m order with Kawasaki Heavy Industries for 100 additional series 7000 metro cars, which will replace unreliable Breda series 4000 vehicles supplied in the 1990s.
The...
METROPOLITAN Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) awarded the first of three-design-build contracts on May 14 for the second phase of the Washington DC Silver Line, which will extend the line from Wiehle Avenue in Reston to...
SAN Diego Association of Governments (Sandag), the body responsible for public planning and transport in the San Diego area, launched public consultation on May 17 on the draft environmental report for the $US 1.7bn Mid-Coast...
SIEMENS rolled out the first completed ACS-64 Cities Sprinter multi-system electric locomotive for Amtrak at its Sacramento plant in California on May 13.
The first units from the $US 466m order for 70 locomotives will undergo...
An onboard track monitoring system developed by Ensco, United States, is helping to eliminate the use of track geometry recording vehicles and on-track inspectors, potentially saving time and money. Jeff Stevens, deputy division manager at...
Tests of a new continuous rail turnout concept, which was recently commissioned on a BNSF line in Texas, has the potential to reduce maintenance costs and improve safety, as David Davis, senior scientist and Rafael...
CALIFORNIA High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has awarded Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) a two-year extension worth $US 96m for programme management services on the state's high-speed rail project.
The CHSRA Board voted last week to continue the contract...
CANADIAN Pacific Railway (CP) announced on May 7 that it will bring forward a number of capital of investment projects planned for 2014 into the current financial year, increasing the $US 1.1bn budget announced in...
NETWORK Rail Consulting, the international consultancy arm of British infrastructure manager Network Rail (NR), has entered the North American market after being selected to join Amtrak's Northeast Corridor (NEC) Partner Forum.
Network Rail Consulting says its...
