Latest Rail Industry News
Trinity Industries, Inc. has realigned responsibilities for several senior executives, effective April 1, 2020.
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) will shut down service between the Lafayette and Rockridge stations for five weekends, beginning in May, to work on a track replacement project.
The Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) will vote on the Authority’s FY2021 budget this week.
Metra, the Chicago area commuter rail service, will begin its 2020 construction program earlier than planned due to reductions in Metra service.
Alstom was awarded a contract by Hessische Landesbahn (HLB) for 30 Coradia Lint regional trains to Hessische Landesbahn (HLB) for use on the Wetterau West-East subnetwork. The contract is worth approximately worth 120 million euros.
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has reported that total U.S. rail traffic for March 2020 was 1,835,053 carloads and intermodal units, down 9.3 percent or 187,609 carloads and intermodal units compared with March 2019.
The Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) has released its 2019 annual report, which shows a net income of $21.6 million from total revenues of $203 million, an increase of 7.5 percent over 2018.