When the Interboro Express (IBX) was announced in January, 2022 by Gov. Kathy Hochul, it came as a welcome surprise to many who had been following the saga of the Triboro Line, a circumferential transit line connecting Brooklyn, …
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TfGM begins procurement of new multi-year Metrolink & rail infrastructure contract (RailUK)
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has started a procurement process to deliver up to £1.6bn of infrastructure that will help to maintain and grow Metrolink- the UK’s largest light rail network – and improve rail accessibility within …
Continue readingDiana, Queen of Pavement Princesses, eviscerates One-More-Lane Bros
One day in 2023, Diana Regan started her workday as an account executive and search engine optimisatoin (SEO) analyst – working a tech dream job for a San Francisco Bay area millennial. However, the shrinking …
Continue readingCEO of Deutsche Bahn fired (Trains)
The CEO of Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s troubled national rail company, has been fired. State-owned railway plagued by timekeeping, infrastructure issues. Broadcaster Deutsche Welle reports Richard Lutz, who had been CEO since 2017 and had a contract through …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 11 August 2025
• Addison Lee could provide your next ambulance (London Centric) • Birmingham’s reopening £120M Rail: A detailed look at the Camp Hill Line: Video (SomeNorthLondoner) • Transpennine Route Upgrade electrification upgrade milestone (Infrastructure Intelligence) • …
Continue readingGermany’s funding strategy under scrutiny despite record rail investment (RailTech)
Government spending on rail in Germany hit a record high in 2024 and will further grow this year, with 22 billion for rail announced in the federal budget. However, rail industry bodies warn that without …
Continue readingThe Misuse of State of Good Repair (PedestrianObservations)
We’re releasing our high-speed rail report later this week. It’s a technical report rather than a historical or institutional one, so I’d like to talk about a point that is mentioned in the introduction explaining …
Continue readingFaced w/ all day traffic jams, one state works w/ railways to add passenger rail: Video (HighSpeedRailAlliance)
DJ Stadtler, Executive Director of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority, shares how Virginia, seeking relief from what had become an “all day rush hour,” turned to rail and found new ways to expand service across …
Continue readingBiting the Bullet with Butterfly Wings: North East Rail Renaissance
Wherein we look at the effects and constraints of reopening a railway, extending a metro rail network, as well as improving service and capacity in the North East. As well as the interconnectedness of the …
Continue reading7 Minutes Under the Sea: Update on the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link (Railway-News)
At the Train & Rail event in Stockholm, Kirsten Margrethe Christensen of Femern A/S presented an update on the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link, an infrastructure project currently under construction between Denmark and Germany. The 18-kilometre undersea tunnel, which …
Continue readingFinland begins planning standard gauge rail connection to Norwegian sea (RailMarket)
The decision, made during mid-term budget talks, is part of a broader plan to establish a direct rail connection from Kemi to the port of Narvik in Norway. The Finnish government has approved initial planning …
Continue readingMexico City opens elevated in-motion charging trolleybus BRT (UrbanTransportMag)
The “Trolebus Elevado” Línea 11 trolleybus goes into service – A new era for public transport between Mexico City and Chalco. With the official opening of the Elevado Line 11 trolleybus on 18 May 2025, …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 30 May 2025
• Tyne & Wear Metro extension to Washington new work planned on rail loop bid (ChronicleLive) • Could the Channel Tunnel finally be getting new destinations? (FullSteamAhead) • How Madrid expanded its Metro cheaply (WorksInProgress) …
Continue readingRare hyperbaric excavation method used to dig Italian rail tunnel (NewCivilEngineer)
A rare tunnelling method is being deployed to build a 650m section of the Casalnuovo Tunnel which lies within an aquifer, as part of the Naples-Bari high-speed rail project in Italy. Train travel between Naples …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 26 May 2025
• Reopening Birmingham’s Camp Hill Line: Reversing Beeching (FutureRail) • South Western Railway (SWR) was nationalised on Sunday (Ian Visits) • Crashes on 20mph & 30mph roads at ‘record low’ (BBC) • The 200 year …
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