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Passenger Rail


Arizona’s first modern streetcar system arrives with startup of Valley Metro Streetcar line in Tempe

Passenger service on Valley Metro Streetcar began Friday in Tempe, AZ, after a ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring local leaders and elected officials. The three-mile streetcar route will take riders to major employment centers, entertainment and event destinations, historic neighborhoods and connect to the regional transit network. …

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Investors onboard to develop three stations for planned Texas Central high-speed rail system

Terminals set for Dallas, Bryan/College Station and Houston Texas high-speed rail investors plan to form an entity to develop train stations in Dallas, Houston and Grimes County near College Station, where the Texas Central Railway’s high-speed rail line terminals will be built. The Texas High-Speed …

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Amtrak celebrates 50 years, focuses on expansion plans and new or improved rail corridors across U.S.

Flanked by a few Amtrak locomotives, President Joe Biden and Amtrak executives paid homage to the past and shared Amtrak’s bold vision for the future on the 50th anniversary of the passenger railroad. Streamed live from Gray 30th Street Station in Philadelphia on April 30, …

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Texas’ Court of Appeals rules that Texas Central has rights associated with a railroad, eminent domain

The Texas Central Railway overcame a big legal hurdle Thursday when a Texas appeals court ruled that the company building a high-speed rail line from Houston to Dallas is, in fact, a railroad company and interurban electric railway. The decision paves the way for the …

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DART’s Thomas named Outstanding Public Transportation Manager of the Year by APTA

Gary Thomas, president/executive director of Dallas Area Rapid Transit, has been named Outstanding Public Transportation Manager of the Year by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). “I am honored to be recognized for doing what I love,” Thomas said. “DART is an integral part of …

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Demand for public transportation increases in 2012, rail ridership ticks upward

The demand for public transportation rose last year as Americans took 10.5 billion trips, the second highest ridership since 1957, and 154 million more trips than the previous year, according to a report released today by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). Light rail, heavy …

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