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STB finalizes approval of North Texas rail line
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Surface Transportation Board (Board) Chairman Linda J. Morgan announced on September 3 that the Board has issued a decision granting final approval for Alamo North Texas Railroad Corporation (Alamo North) to construct and operate a 2.25-mile line...
Canadian Pacific stock lower on weak U.S. report
TORONTO -- Canadian Pacific Railway stock slipped on Tuesday following a weak U.S. manufacturing report, which suggested a softening of rail freight volumes, reports a wire service. CP Rail shares were down 70 Canadian cents, or 2 percent, at C$31.70 on the Toronto...
Man still alive after train runs over him
SEATTLE, Wash. -- An Amtrak passenger train bound from Seattle to Chicago ran over a man yesterday in Ballard, but he survived, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported. The man, believed to be about 24 years old, was lying between the rails when the train rolled over...
Alstom wins contract to build high-speed rail link in Britain
PARIS -- A wire service reports that a joint venture led by engineering group Alstom SA has won a contract to build a section of high-speed rail for Eurostar trains that will cut travel times from London to Brussels and Paris, the company said Monday. Alstom, along...
Bombardier receives a $500 million order from Metro-North
MONTREAL --Bombardier Transportation announced on August 30 that it was awarded an order by Metro-North Commuter Railroad in New York for the supply of 180 electrical multiple unit (EMU) commuter cars to replace its M-1 commuter car fleet. Valued at $500 million Cdn...
MBTA rail route opponents not backing down
BROCKTON, Mass. -- Now that it has cleared a major environmental review, opponents of a controversial plan to put a commuter rail line through the Hockomock Swamp are focusing their efforts on questioning the choice of that route over another, less-damaging,...
Plans for transit concourse at Trade Center site altered
NEW YORK -- According to the New York Times, plans for an underground transportation concourse at the World Trade Center site have been altered in response to pleas from family members of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks that the concourse not run beneath the footprint...
STB proposes new user fees
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Surface Transportation has announced plans to impose 22 new user fees for services that have been provided free of charge and to raise six "below-cost" user fees to $150. In addition, the board will update fees for nine existing fee items and...
Downeaster delivers relief
PORTLAND, Maine -- Amtrak's Downeaster rail service from Boston has boosted southern Maine businesses this summer, slightly helping to ease the effects of a stumbling economy, the Portland Press Herald reported. Tens of thousands of visitors rode the rail into Maine...
CSX, NS set to split up Detroit
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- CSX and Norfolk Southern plan to break apart the intermodal facility in the Detroit Shared Assets Area so the two can better handle increased traffic. The $10 million public-private project is unique in that it attempts to separate the only...
