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BART Silicon Valley Phase II project team at a construction site

19.08.2026

A $12.7B BART Project Faces a Financial Reckoning

Front entrance of San Jose Diridon station in San Jose, California

16.08.2026

32,000 SJSU Students Get Free Bay Area Transit

BART riders waiting on a platform as a train arrives at San Francisco International Airport station

16.08.2026

BART Board Responds to Grand Jury Oversight Report

Passengers boarding a BART Blue Line train at Civic Center/UN Plaza station in San Francisco.

12.08.2026

PG&E Outage Halted BART Trains Between Colma and Millbrae

USA: A PG&E power outage halted BART trains between Colma and Millbrae on August 11, disrupting service toward San Francisco, Richmond, SFO and Millbrae and sending passengers to SamTrans buses.
Five Brightline trainsets at Workshop b in West Palm Beach, Florida

12.08.2026

Cocoa Brightline Station Secures $56.48M Federal Grant

USA: Cocoa’s planned Brightline station has secured a $56. 48 million federal rail grant, clearing its largest funding hurdle and moving the Space Coast stop closer to construction.
Five bidders are competing for the Mathikere double-decker station, rail-over-road viaduct and multimodal works in Bengaluru.

12.08.2026

Five Bidders Compete for Bengaluru Double-Deck Station

INDIA: Five infrastructure groups have bid for a Bengaluru suburban rail package centred on Mathikere’s double-decker station, where suburban tracks are planned above a road flyover within Corridor 2.
Blue-and-white Vande Bharat Express trainset beside an electrified railway track.

12.08.2026

Vande Bharat Starts Ghat Trials for Bengaluru–Mangaluru

INDIA: A specially modified 20-car Vande Bharat fitted with Automatic Emergency Braking has begun trials on the Sakleshpur–Subrahmanya Road ghat, a key step toward the proposed Bengaluru–Mangaluru service.
Steffen Bilger had to leave an ICE railcar after its air-conditioning failed on a Berlin–Hamburg trip focused on railway issues.

11.08.2026

German Transport Minister Hits ICE Air-Con Failure

GERMANY: Transport Minister Steffen Bilger had to move to another railcar after the air-conditioning failed in second class on an ICE from Berlin to Hamburg during his first rail-focused official trip.
Swiss court upheld SBB’s dismissal of a driver found reading while operating a train, citing distraction and broken trust.

11.08.2026

Swiss Court Upholds SBB Driver Dismissal Over Reading

SWITZERLAND: The Swiss Federal Administrative Court upheld SBB’s immediate dismissal of a locomotive driver after concluding that he read a book while operating a train, creating a serious distraction.
DART Silver Line Launch Connects North Texas Cities

11.08.2026

DART Customer Satisfaction Hits 74.9% as NPS Sets Record

USA: DART customer satisfaction reached 74. 9% in its FY2026 survey, the highest since 2019, while the agency’s Net Promoter Score climbed 10.
BART train at Berryessa/North San José station with the station sign visible beside the platform.

11.08.2026

BART and The Portal Feature in Bay Area’s $13.8B Draft Plan

USA: The Bay Area’s draft 2027–2030 Transportation Improvement Program places BART Silicon Valley Phase II and The Portal among more than 400 projects backed by $13.
Dublin-bound Blue Line and Millbrae-bound Red Line BART trains at Daly City station.

11.08.2026

BART Introduces 10-Minute and 8–12-Minute Train Spacing

USA: BART’s August 10 schedule replaces uneven 5/15-minute and 3/17-minute gaps with 10-minute and 8/12-minute spacing on paired services through San Francisco, creating more even scheduled gaps for riders.
Northbound Amtrak Cascades train arriving at Vancouver, Washington

11.08.2026

Amtrak Extends Seattle–Portland Rail Suspension to Aug. 14

USA: Amtrak has extended the Seattle–Portland rail suspension through Aug. 14 as collapse concerns at Portland’s fire-damaged Centennial Mills warehouse continue to restrict passenger service, with buses covering most scheduled trains.
Bavaria hydrogen trains will enter regular service in December 2026 on the 32.3-km Mühldorf–Burghausen route after testing.

11.08.2026

Bavaria’s First Hydrogen Trains Set for December Service

GERMANY: Three Siemens Mireo Plus H hydrogen trains are undergoing testing and crew training before entering regular passenger service on Südostbayernbahn’s Mühldorf–Burghausen route at the December 2026 timetable change.
Amtrak Pennsylvanian train beside the platform at Huntingdon Station in Pennsylvania

11.08.2026

Huntingdon Station Gets $3.5M Accessibility Upgrade

USA: Amtrak has completed a $3. 5 million accessibility upgrade at Huntingdon Station in Pennsylvania, adding an ADA-compliant boarding platform, pedestrian crossing, passenger shelter and other customer-focused improvements.