Train News

Check out the latest Train Travel News from USA, Canada, and beyond including Amtrak, VIA Rail, Alaska Railroad, Brightline, plus rail transit and scenic railroads

Metrolink Tier 4 locomotive

LA’s Metrolink gets top award … Texas seeks rail expansion … Hamilton ON station...

LA's Metrolink garners top sustainability award ...Texas seeking statewide passenger rail expansion ... Hamilton Ontario GO station construction starts
Vancouver subway boring machines

Vancouver subway boring begins … LA Metro K Line LRT opens … $1B LA-Palm...

Tunnel boring begins on Vancouver subway project ... Metro K Line brings light rail to South Los Angeles ... $1B train from LA to Palm Springs area planned
Brightline train

Brightline to test at 110 mph … USDOT grows transit financing … SoCal track...

Brightline to test 110 mph ahead of Orlando debut ... USDOT expands financing for transit projects ... Track emergency called for SoCal coastal corridor
Track repairsat San Clamente

Amtrak suspends San Diego-LA … Feds OK Honolulu rail plan … Transit ridership recovery...

Storm effects force Amtrak San Diego-LA closure ... Feds OK Honolulu Rail Recovery Plan with $125M ... Post-pandemic transit ridership recovery continues
Miami Intermodal Center

Amtrak aims for Miami airport … SoCal battle pits rail vs sea … Amtrak...

Amtrak trains may soon reach Miami International Airport ... SoCal track needs more bracing to avoid slip into the sea ... STB extends mediation time for Amtrak Gulf Coast case
Amtrak Cascades train

Amtrak Seattle-Vancouver returns … Caltrain trainsets previewed … Light rail for Brooklyn-Queens?

Amtrak Seattle and Vancouver BC service returns ... Caltrain’s new electric trainsets previewed ... Light rail called easiest option for Brooklyn-Queens
LA's Crenshaw/LAX rail (K) line

LA Crenshaw LRT due Oct 7th … Amtrak targets net zero by 2045 …...

LA's Crenshaw/LAX Line to open on Oct 7th ... Amtrak pledges net zero emissions by 2045 ... SF's Central Subway soft opening set to go
Upgraded Amtrak Superliner Lounge rendering

$28M Amtrak car upgrade on … Group asks fed transit relief … 2nd Twin...

Amtrak begins $28M upgrade on long-distance cars ... Rider group asks feds for emergency transit relief ... 2nd Chicago-Twin Cities train in final planning phase
Del Mar Bluffs

$300M boosts San Diego proj … Boston subway line is back … Train returns...

San Diego track relocation project gets $300M boost ... Boston subway line returns after month-long closure ... Train returns to Adirondacks decades after shutdown
Valley Metro LRT

Phoenix proj nears halfway mark … Montreal-Boston link supported … NYC subway ridership up

Phoenix light rail project now about 50% complete, Advocates push Montreal-to-Boston passenger rail ... NYC subway ridership hits post-pandemic high

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