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Amtrak Sunnyside Yard maintenance facility groundbreaking in New York

29.08.2026

Amtrak Sunnyside Yard maintenance facility underway

Amtrak Airo trainset during testing

29.08.2026

Front Range Passenger Rail Tax Heads to November Ballot

Amtrak Wolverine passing through Galien, Michigan

29.08.2026

Michigan Passenger Rail Improvements Get $145 Million

Amtrak Wolverine passing through Galien, Michigan

29.08.2026

Michigan Passenger Rail Improvements Get $145 Million

Michigan has secured $145 million in federal funding for Michigan passenger rail improvements across three projects covering bridges, track and other infrastructure along the Michigan Line.
Georgia Central Railway freight train in eastern Georgia

29.08.2026

Two-Person Train Crews After Waiver Withdrawals

Two-person train crews remain the federal safety baseline after First Coast Railroad and Georgia Central Railroad withdrew petitions seeking Federal Railroad Administration approval to operate trains with one person in the locomotive cab.
Amtrak California Zephyr in the Colorado Rockies

20.08.2026

A Rail Grant Aimed at Rockfall and the Colorado River

USA: Colorado's federal rail safety award funds six pre-positioned hazmat and emergency-management caches for mountain rail corridors — equipment placed closer to potential incidents because the terrain that increases derailment risk can also delay the response.
California high-speed rail signs consortium deal

20.08.2026

California High-Speed Rail Drops Its Buy America Rules

USA: The California High-Speed Rail Authority has removed federal Buy America rules from the first trainsets it intends to procure — following the withdrawal of the federal grant that made those requirements applicable.
Historic South Bend Union Station in downtown South Bend, Indiana

19.08.2026

Amtrak Could Return to Downtown South Bend After 55 Years

USA: The South Bend Amtrak station could return downtown after 55 years, backed by up to $3. 85 million in new federal planning and development funding.
Five Brightline trainsets at Workshop b in West Palm Beach, Florida

19.08.2026

Florida’s Last Single-Track Rail Choke Point Gets $78.9M

USA: A $78. 9 million federal grant will replace Florida's century-old St.
Rendering of a Brightline West high-speed train for the Southern California–Las Vegas route

18.08.2026

Brightline West’s President Steps Down, Stays On

USA: The executive who spent seven years building Brightline West's case for federal environmental approval has stepped down as its president — but she isn't leaving the company, and the announcement came from an entirely different business.
Amtrak’s 14th Street Coach Yard in Chicago’s South Loop, with the city skyline in the background

17.08.2026

Amtrak Grant Clears Path for Ishbia’s Chicago Plan

USA: Railway Supply reported in March that Shore Capital was working to acquire Amtrak's 47-acre South Loop rail yard on pure speculation; the federal money that makes the move possible has now actually arrived, and Justin Ishbia's footprint in the area has grown even larger than first suggested.
Amtrak Southwest Chief at Kansas City Union Station at night

16.08.2026

US Railway News: FRA Splits $5.3bn Across 23 States

USA: This concise weekly review presents a selection of US railway news published from August 10 to August 16, 2026: federal funding awards, freight regulation and passenger service changes.
An MBTA Haverhill Line commuter train at Haverhill Station, Massachusetts

16.08.2026

MBTA Wins $140M to Double-Track Haverhill Line

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 different, more contested plan for the same corridor.
TxDOT will use over $755 million in federal grants to eliminate 12 dangerous grade crossings across eight Texas counties, the largest single-state award nationwide.

16.08.2026

Texas Wins $755M to Eliminate 12 Rail Crossings

USA: Texas is getting more federal rail-safety money than any other state or local recipient in the country's latest funding round — over $755 million to eliminate 12 dangerous grade crossings from El Paso to Houston.
Amtrak Midwest Lincoln Service train leaving Chicago with a Siemens SC-44 Charger locomotive.

16.08.2026

FRA Awards $5.3B to Upgrade US Passenger Rail

USA: The Federal Railroad Administration is putting $5. 3 billion behind new Amtrak trainsets, a rebuilt Midwest maintenance base and hundreds of dangerous grade crossings — the largest single passenger-rail funding round of the year, spread across 23 states.