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A pair of RideKC streetcars head along Main Street, Kansas City.

KC streetcar ridership up … Amtrak ups its food game … SF fare evaders...

USA: Kansas City Streetcar reports ridership records USA: Amtrak's Sleeper Car Menus Are About to Get a Major Upgrade USA: Caltrain slashes fines for...
Charlotte Area Transit System has made an airport light-rail line a priority.

Charlotte transit vision unveiled … Month-old Hartford Line a hit … London’s new “green”...

USA: Charlotte unveils new transit options, including a billion-dollar tunnel through uptown USA: Commuters say first month of CT Rail Hartford Line service has...
China's first monorail, Chengdu's new Sky Train features a Great Panda-inspired design.

Panda train flies in China … Americans favor more transit funding … Tel Aviv-Jerusalem...

Asia: Unmanned, panda-shaped 'Sky Train' tested in Chengdu, China USA: Majority of Americans favor increased public transit funding Middle East: First electric train reaches...
Freshly painted passenger coaches await the Hartford Line's June debut.

Hartford Line boosts New Haven-Springfield connections

Northeast rail advocates are betting the Hartford Line is a game-changer. The new commuter service connects the Connecticut River Valley's Knowledge Corridor cities of...
The just opened Phase 1 of Abuja Light Rail connects Nigeria's capital with Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.

Nigeria debuts Abuja LRT … Florida Brightline adding trips … Hamburg going driverless

Africa: Nigeria Opens First Phase of $824 Million Abuja Metro Rail Asia: Hong Kong-China high speed rail line opens in less than 3 months...
Rendering: Brightline has debuted higher-speed rail service between Miami and West Palm Beach.

Florida’s Brightline links Miami, Lauderdale and West Palm in style

South Florida's much anticipated Brightline has hit the tracks. After much hulaballo, America's first new private passenger railway in a century, is on a...
Rendering depicts expanded Britomart Trasport Station after completion of City Rail Link, Auckland, New Zealand.

Auckland hub proj begins … Pacific NW bullet boosted … What is hyperloop technology?

New Zealand: City Rail Link dig starts under Auckland's Britomart Station USA/Canada: Oregon, Washington, British Columbia All On Board Bullet Train Business Case Study...
A new North-South M52 Metro train stopped at Amsterdam's Metrostation Noord.

Amsterdam N-S line debuts … Chicago targets full accessibility … The truth behind Amtrak...

Europe: Amsterdam Metro’s North-South line officially opened USA; New plan calls for Chicago stations to be fully accessible by 2038 USA: This is the messy...
A test track in Guizhou province is one of two hyperloop projects to be funded in China.

China backs two hyperloop projs … London Gatwick-Heathrow in 15-min? … How cars divide...

Asia: Two US Hyperloop Startups Line Up Financing From China UK: HS4Air rail connection could link Gatwick with Heathrow in 15 minutes USA: How...
endering of Akka Link & Fly rail pod approaching detachable winged transport.

Flying train proposed … NJ-NYC proj gets funding extension … Amtrak Midwest welcomes...

Flying Trains Could Be Coming Your Way USA: ets now allowed on all Amtrak Midwest routes USA: NJ Transit gets more time to get...
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