North American rail industry news
Latest railroad industry news from the USA, Canada and Mexico, including passenger and freight operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.Ceremony launches Brightline West’s high speed link to Las Vegas
USA: Project promoter Brightline West held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 22 in Las Vegas to launch its project to build a high speed line from the city to southern California.
Knorr-Bremse enters signalling market with North American acquisition
NORTH AMERICA: Knorr-Bremse announced on April 19 that it had agreed to buy Alstom’s North American conventional signalling business, with a deal that is expected to be formally concluded ‘in summer 2024’.
Cubic to upgrade ticketing in the Twin Cities
USA: Metro Transit has awarded Cubic Transportation Systems a contract to upgrade the fare payment system in Minneapolis-St Paul to enable the use of contactless bank cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay.
Arcadea Group invests in Railroad Software
NORTH AMERICA: US-based yard management and regulatory compliance software development company Railroad Software has announced a majority recapitalisation with Toronto-based investor Arcadea Group.
BNSF trials virtual reality training
USA: BNSF is working with Roundtable Learning to integrate virtual, augmented and mixed reality technology into its training programmes for staff undertaking mechanical works.
California high speed train request for proposals approved
USA: The California High-Speed Rail Authority board has approved the release of a request for proposals for the supply and maintenance of high speed trainsets.
CN to test diesel-battery hybrid main line locomotive
Ontario Line electrification contract awarded
Self-propelled battery wagon deployed on mining railway
Amtrak appoints contractor for $53m Unified Operations Center
Amtrak adopts Delivery Partner model to deliver Baltimore tunnel project
Siemens Mobility awarded Toronto infrastructure maintenance contract
More payment options as NJ Transit ticketing contract renewed
Sacramento orders more low-floor LRVs
Metro-North Railroad to trial automated rolling stock inspection
Chicago Transit Authority launches first Innovation Studio challenges
St Louis orders light rail vehicles with onboard energy storage
Maryland’s Purple Line project pushed back
Traction Technology: The weak case for hydrogen
Mexican passenger rail reform plans unveiled
Norfolk Southern rolls out train incident response data sharing
Ontario Line guideway and stations contract awarded
Cancún – Playa del Carmen section of Tren Maya inaugurated
Short-haul shuttle trains could get lorries off Los Angeles roads