Mass Transit Rail Update - Tuesday ENL - Jan 9th, 2024
 
 
Mass Transit Rail Update
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January 9, 2024
To support the reopening, the CTA outlined several interim safety enhancements on the Yellow Line, including reduced speeds, track cleaning, enhanced operations communications and supervised operations.
Upgrades will replace the current train control system in the subway and extend the modern system to street-level SFMTA operation for faster, more reliable service.
The new service will be introduced as a train-to-train transfer at the Metrorail Transfer Station in Hialeah, Fla., where a shuttle train will spur out of the South Florida Rail Corridor into the Florida East Coast Railway for a direct service to MiamiCentral and back.
The project has also been approved for entry into the Engineering phase of project development under the FTA’s CIG program and represents a commitment from FTA to cover 50 percent of the anticipated total cost of the project.
PRT closed the 150-year-old incline at approximately 7 p.m. on Jan. 2 following a malfunction that prevented the cars from slowing down and stopping at their predetermined positions at the upper and lower stations.
In partnership with Boulder County, the cities of Boulder, Lafayette and Louisville and Denver RTD, the goal of the study is to develop a shared vision for the corridor by identifying current safety and mobility challenges and future opportunities to make the corridor more accessible for all road users...
The work between the Dupont Circle and Gallery Place stations came in $250,000 under budget and service resumed one day earlier than planned on Dec. 30, 2023.
Service was suspended from Dec. 8 to Dec. 23 to facilitate emergency inspection of the entire light-rail vehicle fleet.
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