THE board of Southern California commuter rail operator Metrolink has approved the purchase of 10 Tier 4-compliant locomotives from EMD, which it says will reduce locomotive emissions by 86%.
GREATER Toronto and Hamilton area transport authority Metrolinx and Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) signed an agreement on November 28 outlining plans for construction of four light rail lines in Canada's largest city.
SAN FRANCISCO Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) has launched a review of system operations with a view towards introducing limited-stop services as well as the splitting and joining of trains on certain routes.
LAWYERS for the United States subsidiary of Talgo, Spain, have filed a lawsuit on behalf of the rail equipment manufacturer against the state of Wisconsin based on the state's decision to terminate its contract to build passenger trains to be used by the state for Amtrak's Hiawatha line between Milwaukee and Chicago.
SOME New York City-area residents resumed their everyday commute on Monday with varying degrees of success. But New Jersey residents may be deprived of adequate rail transit alternatives for far longer than their counterparts in New York State and Connecticut, in large part due to damaged rolling stock and locomotives.
IN a split 3-2 vote, the city council of Anaheim, California, has approved a proposal for the construction of a 5.1km starter light rail line serving, among other points, the original Disneyland.
HOUSTON's expanding MetroRail light rail network has received a $US 188 million funding boost from the Federal Transit Administration, as part of a Full Funding Grant Agreement for the construction of two new lines.
GENESEE & Wyoming and a new subsidiary, KeRail, have signed a contract with Tata Steel Minerals Canada to transport 3.8 million tonnes of iron-ore per year from a new mine near Schefferville, Quebec.
ARIZONA's Maricopa Association of Governments has approved plans for the western extension of the Phoenix Valley Metro light rail line.
NORTH America's two largest shortline and regional rail operators are to merge their operations following the announcement by Genesee & Wyoming (GWI) on July 23 that it had entered into an agreement to acquire RailAmerica at a cost of around $US 1.4bn.