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July 2, 2020 | Financial

Pan Am Railways up for sale

THE Pan Am Class 2 railway in the United States has been put up for sale, with BMO Financial Group appointed to handle a transaction on behalf of principal owner, Mr Tim Mellon, and other investors.

June 3, 2020 | Freight

NS restructures following CSO Scheib’s departure

NORFOLK Southern’s chief strategy officer, Mr John Scheib, left the US Class 1 railway on June 1, prompting several “organisational enhancements” at the railway.

April 16, 2020 | Infrastructure

Virgin Trains USA granted $US 600m in bonds for Las Vegas HS project

CALIFORNIA’s Debt Limit Allocation Committee has approved $US 600m in tax-exempt bonds for the $US 4.8bn Virgin Trains USA high-speed project between Las Vegas and Victorville.

February 28, 2020 | Metros

MTA reveals details of 2020 projects in 2020-24 Capital Plan

NEW York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) outlined some of the core projects set to commence in 2020 as part of its $US 54.8bn 2020-2024 Capital Programme on February 27.

January 29, 2020 | Signalling

PTC rollout 98% complete across US Class 1 railways

POSITIVE Train Control (PTC) was in operation across 98.5% of the required United States Class 1 infrastructure at the end of 2019, according to statistics released by the Association of American Railroads (AAR).

January 24, 2020 | Light Rail

Seattle secures $US 1.4bn in federal funding

CENTRAL Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) has secured $US 1.4bn in US federal government funding for a light rail extension in Seattle.

January 14, 2020 | Commuter Rail

Tri-Rail notches ridership record

THE South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA) says that its Tri-Rail commuter rail service linking Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Mangonia Park recorded a calendar year ridership record in 2019 with 4,495,039 passengers, a 1.8% increase from the previous year.

November 26, 2019 | News

Canadian National meets US PTC deadline ahead of schedule

CANADIAN National Railway (CN) says it has met the requirement to operate Positive Train Control (PTC) on all 35 of its US subdivisions, 13 months ahead of the December 2020 deadline.

October 10, 2019 | Infrastructure

Train speeds could be increased on New York Subway according preliminary report

NEW York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) published preliminary findings from its Train Speed and Safety Task Force on October 8 which show that line speeds on some sections of the New York Subway could be increased by as much as 50%.

August 29, 2019 | North America

Federal grants to fund Amtrak Midwest improvements

THE US federal government has awarded two grants totalling nearly $US 50m to fund infrastructure and rolling stock improvements on the Amtrak Midwest network.

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