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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

BART Silicon Valley Phase II project team at a construction site

19.08.2026

A $12.7B BART Project Faces a Financial Reckoning

USA: The $12. 7 billion BART Silicon Valley extension faces a Sept.
Rendering of the planned Louisiana International Terminal in Violet, Louisiana

19.08.2026

A Bridge Has Kept Mega-Ships Out of New Orleans

USA: A federal permit has cleared Louisiana's $1. 8 billion container terminal downriver from a bridge that keeps today's largest ships from reaching existing New Orleans port facilities.
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.
UP-NS merger application moves into STB review

19.08.2026

STB Restarts UP–NS Review — and Demands Unfiltered Data

USA: The $85 billion UP–NS merger review has restarted, but STB also ordered the railroads to submit unfiltered datasets and refused fast-track treatment for their TRRA plans.
BNSF intermodal train operating on the railroad’s Southwest network

18.08.2026

BNSF Expands Phoenix–Dallas Service Before New Terminal Opens

USA: BNSF Railway has expanded its Phoenix–Dallas-Fort Worth intermodal service to six days a week, months before the first phase of Logistics Park Phoenix is expected to open.
Amtrak Mardi Gras Service train on the Gulf Coast

18.08.2026

Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service Beats Its Closest Ridership Forecast Fourfold

USA: Amtrak's Mardi Gras Service marked its first full year on the Gulf Coast today, and the numbers have outpaced the closest comparable forecast by nearly four to one.
Conceptual rendering of a Colorado Connector passenger train along the Front Range

18.08.2026

Colorado Board Approves Final Front Range Rail Plan

USA: Railway Supply previously reported on Colorado Connector's draft delivery plan; the Front Range Passenger Rail District Board has now unanimously approved the final version, following more than two dozen town hall meetings the district says directly shaped the document.
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.
Officials beside a train during Amtrak’s reopening of East River Tunnel Line 2 in New York

18.08.2026

Amtrak Reopens East River Tunnel at Full Capacity

USA: More than 13 years after Superstorm Sandy flooded it with 14 million gallons of saltwater, one of two damaged East River Tunnel tubes is carrying trains again at full capacity — and Amtrak says everything it learned fixing this one will shape how it fixes the other.
California High-Speed Rail elevated guideway under construction in the Central Valley

18.08.2026

California HSR Narrows Depot Site to Fresno or Hanford

USA: California's high-speed rail authority has spent months evaluating 11 possible sites for its Central Valley maintenance depot; it's now down to two, and the choice will decide which of two Central Valley communities gets up to 2,100 permanent jobs.
The fire-damaged Centennial Mills warehouse in Portland, Oregon, adjacent to Union Pacific tracks

18.08.2026

Portland Detonates Centennial Mills Water Tower

USA: Railway Supply previously reported on the freight-safety standoff between Portland and Union Pacific over the fire-damaged Centennial Mills warehouse; the demolition itself finally began Monday, Aug.