#railwayinfrastructure

USA: The MBTA's most single-tracked commuter line — long blamed for some of its worst delays — is getting nearly $140 million to fix exactly that, eight months after the agency walked away from a... Read the full article

AUSTRALIA: Overhead wires came down onto a Sydney Trains service for at least the third time in 15 months on Friday evening, trapping passengers between Redfern and Erskineville — and this time,... Read the full article

UK: Deep inside an 850-metre concrete box in west London, HS2 has finished the six underground platforms that will start the railway's journey from London to Birmingham — built from nearly 2,000... Read the full article

USA: Riders on Connecticut's busiest commuter line should expect about 30% fewer seats than usual onfive separate weekends this fall — and for two of them, electric trains will be swapped for diesel... Read the full article

USA: A Chicago Green Line station that opened in 1899 and hadn't been touched since 1962 now has an elevator, an escalator and a wheelchair ramp — and with it, the Chicago Transit Authority has... Read the full article

USA: New York City is seeking more than $21 billion in federal grants to deck over Sunnyside Yard for 12,000 affordable homes, but months after the proposal was pitched to President Donald Trump, the... Read the full article

AUSTRALIA: ARTC will deploy more than 250 workers across 43 sites during a 46-hour Hunter Valley andNorth Coast shutdown on 22–24 August, with ARTC’s finalised work documents showing a maintenance... Read the full article

CANADA: A Rideau Lakes citizens’ group has broadened its opposition from one proposed Alto corridor to the high-speed rail project itself, while federal and Alto documents show that Kingston remains... Read the full article