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“Competition Will Put Passenger Rail on the Right Track,” a new Discovery Institute report, “outlines a bold vision for restoring American passenger rail through competition, private sector innovation and targeted…

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) Board approves a $50 million Construction Management Support Services contract. Also, Canada’s Metrolinx breaks ground on the second Ontario Line subway tunnel…

Rail industry icon Thomas F. Prendergast, CEO of Gateway Development Commission, leads off  Next-Gen Rail Systems, the communications, signaling and advanced technology conference presented by Railway Age, and formerly known as…

Here we go with another shutdown of democratic free speech by a POTUS and his inner circle consolidating power in pursuit of a unitary form of government controlling every aspect…

Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings upgrades New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) credit rating. Also, Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) awards $500,000 in Purple Line small business grants; NC (North…

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is seeking public input on the development of a 2025 State Rail Plan. The SRP—encompassing Class I’s/IIs/IIIs, Amtrak, Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District and…

As I pack for a trip to New Orleans, La., to cover the inaugural run of Amtrak Mardi Gras service between New Orleans and Mobile, I am thinking about state-supported…

Canada’s Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx award a C$1.4 billion contract for the Yonge North Subway Extension project in Toronto. Also, Amtrak adds a new track and platform at Washington Union…

Messe Berlin, organizer of the InnoTrans trade fair, has announced the inaugural edition of InnoTrans Asia, set to take place in Singapore Sept. 7–9, 2027, at Singapore EXPO. “This landmark…

RAILWAY AGE AUGUST 2025 ISSUE: For 115 years after Railway Age began publishing in 1856, passenger trains were operated by private-sector railroads. That changed in 1971, when Amtrak was formed…

Amtrak names Costin Corneau as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Also, Trinity Metro names Reed Lanham as Chief Operating Officer (COO); and Urban Engineers, Inc. (Urban) names…

The August 2025 issue of Railway Age is now available digitally, with deep dives into Union Pacific’s much-anticipated bid for Norfolk Southern to create the first U.S. transcontinental railroad.

“They used to tell me I was building a dream, and so I followed the mob.” Thus began the song that became the anthem of the Great Depression. It was…

Ten months after completing its $690 million purchase of Alstom Signaling North America’s conventional product portfolio, Knorr-Bremse North American subsidiary KB Signaling has introduced the IXC-R20™ Integrated Crossing Control Module, described…

If you think federal regulatory agencies—even federally owned Amtrak—have strayed from what former Southern Railway and Conrail CEO L. Stanley Crane termed, “stick to your knitting,” you’re not ridin’ the…

The Senate Committee on Appropriations on July 24 marked up S.2465, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 (THUD Appropriations Act). The bipartisan legislation was reported…

Amtrak Virginia closes the state’s fiscal year with record ridership. Also, New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) releases rider survey results, showing improvements in overall satisfaction across subway, commuter rail…

With two projects under way and two more due to start by the end of July, Kevin Smith and William C. Vantuono, chief editors of International Railway Journal and Railway…

Amtrak shares a first look at its new Airo trainsets. Also, Amtrak celebrates 100 years of Chicago’s Union Station; and LA Metro's expanded GoPass/WSS partnership results in nearly 17,000 students…

Railway Age and RT&S are returning to Chicagoland on Oct. 15-16 for the third annual Women in Rail Conference. This year’s program features trailblazing women and their allies who are significantly influencing today’s freight, passenger and transit…