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Amtrak Heartland Flyer train beside a platform at Fort Worth Central Station

26.08.2026

Texas funding keeps Heartland Flyer service running in 2027

Amtrak Pennsylvanian train passing Horseshoe Curve in Pennsylvania

25.08.2026

Second Daily Pennsylvanian Train Set for Mid-November

Amtrak California Zephyr in the Colorado Rockies

20.08.2026

A Rail Grant Aimed at Rockfall and the Colorado River

A $40M federal award advances Fairfield’s Symmes Road overpass and North Gilmore closure, creating 4.5 miles of track without at-grade crossings.

14.08.2026

Fairfield Secures $40M to Remove At-Grade Crossings From 4.5 Miles of Track

UNITED STATES: Fairfield’s $40 million federal award advances a preferred design that would carry Symmes Road over CSX’s Cincinnati Terminal Subdivision and permanently close North Gilmore Road, creating more than 4.
Former Erie-Lackawanna railroad station building in Binghamton, New York

13.08.2026

Binghamton Selects GPI for Passenger Rail Grant Bid

USA: Binghamton has selected engineering firm GPI to prepare its federal Corridor ID application, a planning step that could position the city for an initial $500,000 passenger rail development award.
Suffolk Track Fire Halts Norfolk-Bound Amtrak 95: 2-Hour Delay Strikes

13.08.2026

Amtrak Takes Defined Role in Reading–Philadelphia Rail Plan

USA: A July agreement gives Amtrak a defined planning role in the proposed Reading–Philadelphia passenger service, while the project remains conditional on federal development work, railroad coordination and funding.
Amtrak Southwest Chief at Kansas City Union Station at night

13.08.2026

Amtrak Rejected the Transcontinental Chief. What Do the Public Numbers Say About Its Business Case?

USA: Amtrak rejected AmeriStarRail’s Transcontinental Chief over its business case, but FRA data show the decisive question is whether new truck, vehicle and passenger revenues could cover a new layer of operating and infrastructure costs.
UTA proposes 2027 S-Line service as a quarter-mile extension to Highland Drive moves through construction toward a fall opening.

12.08.2026

UTA Plans S-Line Extension Service for Fall 2027

USA: Utah Transit Authority is proposing passenger service on the S-Line extension in 2027 as construction advances on a quarter-mile addition to Salt Lake City’s Sugar House streetcar corridor.
California high-speed rail signs consortium deal

12.08.2026

California High-Speed Rail Faces December 2027 Funding Risk

USA: California’s high-speed rail project could exhaust the cash needed to stay on its planned Merced–Bakersfield construction schedule by December 2027 unless financing is secured, according to the project’s inspector general.
Amtrak Empire Builder stopped beside the West Glacier, Montana station sign

12.08.2026

Amtrak Vacations Offers Up to $500 Off Park Packages

USA: Amtrak Vacations is offering up to $500 per couple on selected national-park packages booked by August 31, while the promotion applies to vacation bundles rather than standard point-to-point Amtrak fares.
BART Yellow Line train approaching West Oakland station in Oakland

12.08.2026

BART’s New Schedule Cuts Longest Gaps on Two Line Pairs

USA: BART’s August 10 timetable has replaced several uneven train gaps with more balanced spacing and shorter scheduled transfers, including a four-minute MacArthur connection that BART says saves riders 17 minutes.
Illustrative image of BNSF locomotive 5207 leading a freight train across a bridge in Alabama.

12.08.2026

US Freight Railroads Lose Appeal Over Two-Person Crews

USA: Six U. S.
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.
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.