“Brightline hopes [LA-Las Vegas] will be the first of many high-speed links between cities that are, as it phrases it, “too close for flying but too far for driving” – Charlotte and Atlanta; Seattle and Portland; Dallas, Austin and Houston; Chicago, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, St Louis and Detroit.” #Brightline #LosAngeles #LasVegas #Charlotte #Atlanta #Seattle #PortlandOR #Dallas #Austin #Houston #Chicago #Minneapolis #Indianapolis #StLouis #Detroit #PassengerRail #HSR https://arr.as/8
“The Federal Railroad Administration unveiled a revised concept late Friday for the redevelopment of Union Station, laying out a future transit hub with far less parking, pickup and drop-off traffic below ground, and more fully integrated access for pedestrians, bikes and buses.“ https://wapo.st/3BnxaSj #Rail #FRA #UnionStation #WashingtonDC #Pedestrians #Bike #Bus #Amtrak #CommuterTrain
“Brightline…announced it is the first passenger rail service in the world to offer Starlink’s high-speed, low-latency broadband service.…Brightline selected to partner with Starlink, which is engineered and operated by SpaceX.” https://www.gobrightline.com/press-room/brightline-becomes-first-train-in-the-world-with-starlink #Brightline #Starlink #SpaceX #PassengerRail #Wifi #Broadband
“The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced that its Build America
Bureau will provide $327 million in low-interest loans to Sound Transit for improvements to its system.” https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/sound-transit-receives-us-dot-loans/ #Seattle #SoundTransit #LightRail #CommuterTrain
“The Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) has issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announcing the availability of $5 million to fund a rail research and development Centre of Excellence made possible by the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This new programme will advance research and development efforts that seek to improve the safety, performance and sustainability of freight, intercity passenger and commuter rail.” https://www.globalrailwayreview.com/news/143847/fra-launches-new-rail-safety-programme/ #Rail #Safety #Research #FRA
“AMTRAK and the Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Railroad Authority (PNRAA) have released the findings of a two-year study into the potential for running passenger rail services between Scranton, Pennsylvania, and New York City.” https://www.railjournal.com/track/study-explores-scranton-new-york-city-passenger-service-revival/ #PassengerRail #Scranton #Pennsylvania #NewYork #Amtrak
“A bipartisan congressional group from Nevada and California asked the Biden administration Monday to fast-track federal funds for a private company to build a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area.” https://www.kiro7.com/news/las-vegas-to/ZRWH5D5QQM5V52GMLVML2KZ2SI/ #California #Nevada #LosAngeles #LasVegas #PassengerRail #HighSpeedRail #brightline
Croatia to invest more than €4bn in rail infrastructure, also renewing its passenger rolling stock. (Croatia covers an area of 56,594 km², slightly smaller than the U.S. state of West Virginia.) #Rail #Croatia https://www.railjournal.com/infrastructure/croatia-to-invest-more-than-e4bn-in-rail-infrastructure/
“A privately funded project to operate a nightly first-class #passenger #train between #SanFrancisco and #LosAngeles is underway. Dreamstar Lines Inc., a small #NewportBeach company, says it’s working on lining up the #railcars, financing, staffing and agreements needed to offer the first #NightTrain on the route in decades.” https://www.ksbw.com/article/california-startup-dreamstar-wants-to-run-a-private-night-train-between-sf-and-la/43621996?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot