http://www.masstransitmag.com MassTransitMag.com en-us Copyright 2010 Cygnus Business Media Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:05:43 -0400 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:05:43 -0400 Rail News http://www.masstransitmag.com MassTransitMag.com http://www.masstransitmag.com/global/rsslogo.jpg 88 31 Rail News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Man-Killed-by-Amtrak-Train-in-Northeast-Philadlphia/3$10957 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Man-Killed-by-Amtrak-Train-in-Northeast-Philadlphia/3$10957 A 25-year-old man was killed Thursday night when he apparently stepped in front of an Amtrak train traveling through Northeast Philadelphia on the way to 30th Street Station, according to Amtrak officials and police. rss@masstransitmag.com (By James Osborne) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:19:00 -0500 Rail News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Washington-Metro-Train-Derails-in-Rail-Yard/3$10955 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Washington-Metro-Train-Derails-in-Rail-Yard/3$10955 A Red Line train derailed in a Metro rail yard Wednesday after an operator ran through a stop signal and damaged the tracks, The Examiner has learned. rss@masstransitmag.com (Kytja Weir) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:15:00 -0500 Rail News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Houston-Metro-Critics-Say-26-Billion-Bond-Plan-Goes-Beyond-Promise-to-Voters/3$10949 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Houston-Metro-Critics-Say-26-Billion-Bond-Plan-Goes-Beyond-Promise-to-Voters/3$10949 The Metropolitan Transit Authority intends to issue an estimated $2.6 billion in bonds in the next four years to help pay for five new light rail lines, about four times the debt capacity voters authorized in a 2003 referendum, Metro officials confirmed Tuesday. rss@masstransitmag.com (By Bradley Olson and Mike Snyder) Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:22:00 -0500 Rail News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Washington-Metro-Red-Line-Crash-Cost-255M-in-Damage/3$10947 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Washington-Metro-Red-Line-Crash-Cost-255M-in-Damage/3$10947 Metro's deadly June 22 Red Line crash cost the transit agency $25.5 million by destroying rail cars and damaging track, according to a Metro memo. rss@masstransitmag.com (Kytja Weir) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:01:00 -0500 Rail News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Bullet-Train-Meeting-Explores-Tunnel-Options-in-San-Jose/3$10946 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Bullet-Train-Meeting-Explores-Tunnel-Options-in-San-Jose/3$10946 High-speed rail leaders presented potential aerial and underground routes through San Jose to roughly 150 residents at the Gardner Community Center on March 2. rss@masstransitmag.com (By Stephen Baxter ) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:59:00 -0500 Rail News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Iowa-Governor-Culver-Announces-Approval-of-Funding-to-Advance-Passenger-Rail/3$10945 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Iowa-Governor-Culver-Announces-Approval-of-Funding-to-Advance-Passenger-Rail/3$10945 Governor Chet Culver today announced that the Iowa Transportation Commission approved programming up to $1 million in support of the Chicago to Omaha planning study for passenger rail in Iowa. rss@masstransitmag.com (Targeted News Service) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:56:00 -0500 Rail News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/San-Francisco-Mayor-Lauds-46-Million-in-New-Federal-Stimulus-Funding/3$10943 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/San-Francisco-Mayor-Lauds-46-Million-in-New-Federal-Stimulus-Funding/3$10943 Mayor Newsom today applauded the announcement by Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood of the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Program award of $46,000,000 for the replacement of Doyle Drive in San Francisco. rss@masstransitmag.com (US State News) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:50:00 -0500 Rail News http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Tampa-Airport--Rail-Link-Called-Crucial/3$10933 http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Tampa-Airport--Rail-Link-Called-Crucial/3$10933 Local efforts to improve transportation options are more important than ever with Florida set to receive $1.2 billion in federal stimulus money for a high-speed rail line connecting Tampa to Orlando. rss@masstransitmag.com (Janet Zink) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:07:00 -0500 Rail News MassTransitMag.com: Rail News http://www.masstransitmag.com/online/section.jsp?siteSection=10 http://www.masstransitmag.com rss@masstransitmag.com Tue, 1 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500