China Makes it Harder to Get OK to Build Subways, Light Rail

By Sun Lizhao and Denise Jia, Caixin; July 13, 2018 China is raising the financial bar for cities seeking approval…

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Charlotte, North Carolina breaking ground on a new uptown train station this week

By Ely Portillo, The Charlotte Observer; July 16, 2018 Charlotte officials plan to break ground Friday on the first part…

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How Minnesota is Transforming Itself into a Rail Star

By Jacob Wallace, Summer By Rail; July 14, 2018 Rafael Ortega is not the sort of man you’d expect to…

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Central Florida: Extending SunRail to Orlando International Airport could cost more than $257M

By: Michael Lopardi, WFTV 9 ABC; July 11, 2018 ORLANDO, Fla. – Extending SunRail service to Orlando International Airport could…

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All Aboard Florida: The Big Bubble Takes a Ride on The Brightline

By Sean McCaughan, The Big Bubble Miami; July 14, 2018 The Big Bubble recently took a ride on the Brightline,…

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Rallying around rail in Connecticut

An Editorial From The Day; July 15, 2018 If anything is holding Connecticut back as badly as having to pay…

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Federal Transit Administration shift on federal loans creates anxiety

By STEPHANIE BEASLEY, With help from Brianna Gurciullo, Lauren Gardner, Tanya Snyder and Alex Guillén, Politico Morning Transportation; July 13,…

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All aboard in Texas: Developers are betting millions on new Fort Worth to DFW Airport commuter rail line

By Steve Brown, Real Estate Editor, The Dallas Morning News; July 12, 2018 The first trains won’t start rolling with…

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Banff, Alberta couple say they’ve secured half of $600M needed to build Banff passenger train

By Lucie Edwardson, CBC News; July 12, 2018 If you don’t have the use of a car, chances are Greyhound’s…

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Massachusetts: Grand Central Terminal in New York benches ready for new home at Springfield’s Union Station

By Peter Goonan, Masslive.com; July 11, 2018 SPRINGFIELD — Two historic wooden benches that are on long-term loan to Union…

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New York: Long Island Rail Road completes key signal at Harold Interlocking

By Alfonso A. Castillo, Newsday; July 11, 2018 The Long Island Rail Road has completed the replacement of the entire…

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Chicago: Next phase to detangle massive railroad bottleneck starts next spring

By Carlos Ballesteros, Chicago Sun-Times; July 11, 2018 Construction meant to fix a notorious railroad bottleneck on the South Side…

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The ongoing search for first-and-last-mile solutions

By Julie Sneider, Senior Associate Editor, Progressive Railroading Magazine; July 2018 This spring, Progressive Railroading reached out to transit agencies…

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Ontario: Bombardier president apologizes to Toronto Transit Commission over delivery of 89 faulty streetcars

By Gabriele Roy, The Canadian Press, CTV News; July 10, 2018 TORONTO — The president of Bombardier Transportation made his…

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Illinois: Continuing Amtrak Hiawatha fight, Glenview to pay for $160,000 train traffic analysis

By Alexandra Kukulka, Reporter, Chicago Tribune; July 10, 2018 The village of Glenview has hired a consulting firm to conduct…

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Commuters embrace All Aboard Florida’s Brightline

By Mel Meléndez, Editor-in-Chief, South Florida Business Journal; July 10, 2018 Nearly two months after launching service in Miami, Brightline…

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New Mexico’s Rail Runner gets new payment plan

By Dan McKay, Staff Writer, Albuquerque Journal; July 9, 2018 SANTA FE – New Mexico has struck a deal to…

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Central Florida: SunRail really wants you to stop taking selfies on the damn tracks

By Paola Perez, Orlando Weekly; July 9, 2018 Accidents involving SunRail and pedestrian victims are “100 percent preventable,” according to…

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Amtrak: A Marx Brothers revival

An Opinion By Frank N. Wilner, Capitol Hill Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; July 9, 2018 Watching Washington, July 2018:…

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Amid hits to reputation, Bombardier’s rail division remains key to company’s turnaround plan

By Alicja Siekierska, Financial Post; July 6, 2018 LEIPZIG, GERMANY — It’s a warm May day in Leipzig, Germany, and…

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Chicago attorney latest STB nominee

By Frank N. Wilner, Capitol Hill Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; July 6, 2018 Martin J. (Marty) Oberman, 73, an…

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Netherlands: Prorail to increase capacity of Amsterdam stations

By Quintus Vosman, International Railway Journal; July 3, 2018 The Netherlands government has decided to reconstruct and expand Amsterdam Central…

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Japan: JR East to fit cameras in all trains after knife attack horror

By AYATERU HOSOZAWA, Staff Writer, The Asahi Shimbun; July 4, 2018 Security cameras will be installed in East Japan Railway…

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New York City: Penguin Random House Donates Books to Save the Children as Part of “Grand Central Reads”

From Save The Children; July 3, 2018 New York (July 3, 2018) – Penguin Random House has launched a limited-time…

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