On March 19, Sound Transit, the regional transit authority serving the Greater Seattle Area, officially opened the University Link Light Rail Extension, bringing fast, reliable rail service to Capitol Hill and the University of Washington – two of the Seattle…
Bechtel Team Breaks Ground on New P3 Light Rail Project in Edmonton
Bechtel, part of TransEd Partners, a consortium also comprising Bombardier, EllisDon and Fengate Capital Management, announced today the groundbreaking…
SoundTransit Marks a Record Year of Regional Light Rail Expansion
Sound Transit Board Chair and King County Executive Dow Constantine today joined Peter Rogoff, the agency’s new CEO, to provide news media with a preview…
Operator TriMet Relies on Rail Technology from Siemens for Newly Opened Light Rail Line
Today, TriMet’s new MAX Orange Line, a light rail project between Portland and Milwaukie (USA), was officially inaugurated. Siemens advanced rail technologies are now operating on the Orange line including its S70 light rail vehicles designed and manufactured…
U.S. Department of Transportation Celebrates Opening of Sacramento Light Rail Extension
SACRAMENTO – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today celebrated the opening of Sacramento’s Blue Line light rail extension to Cosumnes River College (CRC), which will significantly improve transit options for…
Twelve Siemens Streetcars for Ulm
May 26, 2015—Siemens will deliver twelve Avenio M low-floor light rail vehicles to Ulm, Germany. SWU Verkehr GmbH (subsidiary of Ulm municipal authority) and Siemens sealed the deal on May 22 at a contract signing. The order is valued at some 32 million…
Siemens to Modernize the Signaling System of the Düsseldorf Light Railway
The mass transit company, Rheinbahn AG, has commissioned Siemens to bring the signaling system of the Düsseldorf Light Railway up to the state of the art over the next few years. As the inner-city tunnel of the Rheinbahn is on one of the busiest light rail…
San Francisco Orders 175 Light Rail Cars from Siemens
San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has awarded Siemens a contract to deliver an initial 175 light rail cars for its Muni transit system at a value of USD 648 million. With an option for an additional 85 cars, this is one of the biggest…
Los Angeles Approves Metro Rail Link to LAX
In a unanimous vote, the county's Metropolitan Transportation Authority board of directors agreed to proceed with further study of a proposed $200-million light-rail station a mile and a half east of LAX's central terminal area. The station would connect Metro's…
Phoenix Mayor Wants to Triple Light Rail
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton wants to triple Metro light rail's mileage over the next 30 years. But do to that, the city would likely need to go back to voters to fund it. So Phoenix leaders on Tuesday announced that they have formed a citizen committee to draft…
