News & Announcements
(In order of event - Latest news first)
(In order of event - Latest news first)
Washington State Releases High Speed Rail Report
California HSR nears full Environmental Clearance
Texas Central Aguilar steps down as CEO
Webinar: Implementing the Business Case Evaluation Guide for Intercity Passenger Rail Investment
Proposed New Topics for the 2023 NCHRP Synthesis Program
TRB Funding Program Deadlines - Jul 21, 2021 7:57:36 PM
AR 010 Updated Research Needs Statement - Jun 01, 2021 5:39:22 PM
AASHTO Freight Webinar - Monday February 17, 2021 - Feb 12, 2021 11:0:44 AM
Senate confirms Buttigieg as Transportation Secretary - Feb 02, 2021 9:15:2 PM
USDOT Appointments - Jan 26, 2021 5:10:38 PM
State Rail Transportation - Sub Committee Meeting - Jan 12, 2021 1:10:24 PM
Washington State DOT - Ultra-High-Speed Ground Transportation study - Dec 08, 2020 9:2:10 PM
TRB Webinar: Rail in the Time of Coronavirus - Planning, Operating, & Constructing Rail - Nov 30, 2020 9:49:36 PM
2021 TRB Annual Meeting Registration - Oct 06, 2020 11:53:24 AM
Brightline cut ties with Virgin Enterprises - Aug 10, 2020 11:29:10 AM
AASHTO Council on Rail - Virtual Meeting (October 5-6, 2020 - Sep 21, 2020 8:24:8 PM
2021 TRB Annual Meeting - Jul 21, 2020 4:10:0 PM
FRA Research Funding Programs Webinar - Jun 10, 2020 6:44:30 PM
Call for Papers - HIGH SPEED GROUND TRANSPORT IN THE UNITED STATES - Jun 02, 2020 9:20:47 PM
TRB Webinar Proposals - Feb 19, 2020 10:11:13 PM
RSAI Congress 2020 - Special Session on Regional Impact of High Speed Rail - Feb 05, 2020 3:53:12 PM
Federal Railroad Administration - RFI (Parametric Railway Line Capacity Model) - Jan 11, 2020 3:57:11 PM
Major Amtrak, VRE expansion set under $3.7 billion Virginia-CSX deal - Dec 20, 2019 7:1:27 PM
USDOT / FRA - Request For Information - White Papers on Parametric Railway Line Capacity Model - Dec 19, 2019 10:10:18 AM
FRA Proposes Recording Device Rule For Passenger Trains - Jul 29, 2019 8:47:45 PM
California readies $1.6B high-speed rail design contract - Jul 17, 2019 1:22:3 PM
Washington DOT High Speed Rail Report released - Jul 15, 2019 10:53:38 PM
Passenger Railway Engineering Education Symposium - Jul 09, 2019 1:12:31 AM
Summer Rail - Jun 17, 2019 5:27:48 PM
World’s Longest Undersea Rail Tunnel Gets US $17 Billion in Funding - Mar 09, 2019 1:16:55 PM
Travel disruptions on Metro Yellow Blue line during 2019 Annual Meeting - Dec 12, 2018 3:0:58 AM
Brightline receives approval from Orlando to Tampa - Dec 03, 2018 6:44:11 PM
Canadian Transportation Research Forum is on May 26-29, 2019 in Vancouver, British Columbia - Dec 17, 2018 1:9:56 AM
Employment Opportunities - Feb 11, 2019 2:46:55 AM
Rail Dynamics Training - October 15, 2018 University of Nevada - Las Vegas - Sep 22, 2018 8:42:41 PM
2018 Meeting Minutes available - Sep 22, 2018 9:2:32 PM
2019 Annual Meeting - Paper submittal deadline is August 1, 2018 - Jul 30, 2018 6:17:34 PM
Siemens reveals Velaro Novo 360 km/h train concept - Jul 07, 2018 11:18:22 AM
Register for FRA's Environmental Review Webinar on July 26! - Jul 07, 2018 11:3:55 AM
Florida DOT Begins Process for Privately Funded High-Speed Rail from Orlando to Tampa - Jul 07, 2018 11:10:49 AM
Call for Papers - 2019 TRB Annual Meeting (January 13-17, 2019) - Apr 08, 2018 9:5:47 PM
Monday, January 8, 2018 at TRB – AR 010 - Jan 08, 2018 12:36:7 PM
2018 TRB Annual Meeting - AR010 - Jan 06, 2018 3:13:34 PM
US FRA advances Florida and Texas HSR projects - Dec 26, 2017 10:1:38 PM
U.S. Federal Railroad Administration - Rail Program Delivery Meeting December 2017 - Jan 29, 2018 7:23:17 PM
State DOTs Urged STB to Withdraw Proposal to Curb Amtrak’s Preference Over Freight - Dec 08, 2017 5:19:15 PM
Caltrain approves electrification and EMU contracts - Dec 08, 2017 5:16:50 PM
Could we finally see the end of overcrowded trains? (BBC) - Dec 08, 2017 5:14:17 PM
California HSR Authority Adopts 2016 Business Plan - Dec 08, 2017 5:13:30 PM
Midwest Rail - Phased Network Approach White Paper - Dec 08, 2017 5:42:13 PM
Fifth Brightline Trainset Traveling Cross Country to South Florida - Dec 08, 2017 5:38:6 PM
Federal Railroad Administration Releases Texas-Oklahoma Passenger Rail Study Service Level Report - Dec 08, 2017 5:40:49 PM
Amtrak invest $ 2.4 Billion for Next Generation High Speed Trainsets and Infrastructure Upgrades - Dec 08, 2017 5:24:38 PM
In Memoriam: Daniel Roth, Former Chair of TRB Rail Group and IPR AR010 - Dec 08, 2017 5:29:1 PM
2017 TRB Annual Meeting - Virtual Automobile Session Agenda (Sunday Jan. 9, 2017 at 9 am) - Dec 08, 2017 5:28:16 PM
Toronto-Windsor planned as Canada's first high-speed rail line - Dec 08, 2017 5:37:1 PM
California High Speed Rail Awards Train Operator Contract - Dec 08, 2017 5:39:2 PM
TRB NCRRP Intercity Passenger Rail Service & Development Webinar (April 24, 2017) - Dec 08, 2017 5:30:1 PM
U.S. Federal Railroad Administration weighs in on minimum train crew sizes - Dec 08, 2017 5:17:58 PM
California sells $ 1.4 Billion for High Speed Rail Bonds - Dec 08, 2017 5:34:26 PM
California high-speed rail chairman steps down from job - Dec 08, 2017 5:35:28 PM
Federal Transit Administration approves $647 million grant for Caltrain electrification project - Dec 08, 2017 5:36:17 PM
Amtrak Office of Inspector General - 2017 Report - Challenges at Amtrak - Dec 08, 2017 5:31:1 PM
2016 Mid Year Intercity Passenger Rail Meeting (AR010) - Dec 07, 2017 3:59:0 AM
April 28, 2016 China continues building the Pan Asian High speed railway network - Dec 07, 2017 4:1:51 AM
TRB Funding Program Deadlines - Jul 21, 2021 7:57:36 PM
AR 010 Updated Research Needs Statement - Jun 01, 2021 5:39:22 PM
AASHTO Freight Webinar - Monday February 17, 2021 - Feb 12, 2021 11:0:44 AM
Senate confirms Buttigieg as Transportation Secretary - Feb 02, 2021 9:15:2 PM
USDOT Appointments - Jan 26, 2021 5:10:38 PM
State Rail Transportation - Sub Committee Meeting - Jan 12, 2021 1:10:24 PM
Washington State DOT - Ultra-High-Speed Ground Transportation study - Dec 08, 2020 9:2:10 PM
TRB Webinar: Rail in the Time of Coronavirus - Planning, Operating, & Constructing Rail - Nov 30, 2020 9:49:36 PM
2021 TRB Annual Meeting Registration - Oct 06, 2020 11:53:24 AM
Brightline cut ties with Virgin Enterprises - Aug 10, 2020 11:29:10 AM
AASHTO Council on Rail - Virtual Meeting (October 5-6, 2020 - Sep 21, 2020 8:24:8 PM
2021 TRB Annual Meeting - Jul 21, 2020 4:10:0 PM
FRA Research Funding Programs Webinar - Jun 10, 2020 6:44:30 PM
Call for Papers - HIGH SPEED GROUND TRANSPORT IN THE UNITED STATES - Jun 02, 2020 9:20:47 PM
TRB Webinar Proposals - Feb 19, 2020 10:11:13 PM
RSAI Congress 2020 - Special Session on Regional Impact of High Speed Rail - Feb 05, 2020 3:53:12 PM
Federal Railroad Administration - RFI (Parametric Railway Line Capacity Model) - Jan 11, 2020 3:57:11 PM
Major Amtrak, VRE expansion set under $3.7 billion Virginia-CSX deal - Dec 20, 2019 7:1:27 PM
USDOT / FRA - Request For Information - White Papers on Parametric Railway Line Capacity Model - Dec 19, 2019 10:10:18 AM
FRA Proposes Recording Device Rule For Passenger Trains - Jul 29, 2019 8:47:45 PM
California readies $1.6B high-speed rail design contract - Jul 17, 2019 1:22:3 PM
Washington DOT High Speed Rail Report released - Jul 15, 2019 10:53:38 PM
Passenger Railway Engineering Education Symposium - Jul 09, 2019 1:12:31 AM
Summer Rail - Jun 17, 2019 5:27:48 PM
World’s Longest Undersea Rail Tunnel Gets US $17 Billion in Funding - Mar 09, 2019 1:16:55 PM
Travel disruptions on Metro Yellow Blue line during 2019 Annual Meeting - Dec 12, 2018 3:0:58 AM
Brightline receives approval from Orlando to Tampa - Dec 03, 2018 6:44:11 PM
Canadian Transportation Research Forum is on May 26-29, 2019 in Vancouver, British Columbia - Dec 17, 2018 1:9:56 AM
Employment Opportunities - Feb 11, 2019 2:46:55 AM
Rail Dynamics Training - October 15, 2018 University of Nevada - Las Vegas - Sep 22, 2018 8:42:41 PM
2018 Meeting Minutes available - Sep 22, 2018 9:2:32 PM
2019 Annual Meeting - Paper submittal deadline is August 1, 2018 - Jul 30, 2018 6:17:34 PM
Siemens reveals Velaro Novo 360 km/h train concept - Jul 07, 2018 11:18:22 AM
Register for FRA's Environmental Review Webinar on July 26! - Jul 07, 2018 11:3:55 AM
Florida DOT Begins Process for Privately Funded High-Speed Rail from Orlando to Tampa - Jul 07, 2018 11:10:49 AM
Call for Papers - 2019 TRB Annual Meeting (January 13-17, 2019) - Apr 08, 2018 9:5:47 PM
Monday, January 8, 2018 at TRB – AR 010 - Jan 08, 2018 12:36:7 PM
2018 TRB Annual Meeting - AR010 - Jan 06, 2018 3:13:34 PM
US FRA advances Florida and Texas HSR projects - Dec 26, 2017 10:1:38 PM
U.S. Federal Railroad Administration - Rail Program Delivery Meeting December 2017 - Jan 29, 2018 7:23:17 PM
State DOTs Urged STB to Withdraw Proposal to Curb Amtrak’s Preference Over Freight - Dec 08, 2017 5:19:15 PM
Caltrain approves electrification and EMU contracts - Dec 08, 2017 5:16:50 PM
Could we finally see the end of overcrowded trains? (BBC) - Dec 08, 2017 5:14:17 PM
California HSR Authority Adopts 2016 Business Plan - Dec 08, 2017 5:13:30 PM
Midwest Rail - Phased Network Approach White Paper - Dec 08, 2017 5:42:13 PM
Fifth Brightline Trainset Traveling Cross Country to South Florida - Dec 08, 2017 5:38:6 PM
Federal Railroad Administration Releases Texas-Oklahoma Passenger Rail Study Service Level Report - Dec 08, 2017 5:40:49 PM
Amtrak invest $ 2.4 Billion for Next Generation High Speed Trainsets and Infrastructure Upgrades - Dec 08, 2017 5:24:38 PM
In Memoriam: Daniel Roth, Former Chair of TRB Rail Group and IPR AR010 - Dec 08, 2017 5:29:1 PM
2017 TRB Annual Meeting - Virtual Automobile Session Agenda (Sunday Jan. 9, 2017 at 9 am) - Dec 08, 2017 5:28:16 PM
Toronto-Windsor planned as Canada's first high-speed rail line - Dec 08, 2017 5:37:1 PM
California High Speed Rail Awards Train Operator Contract - Dec 08, 2017 5:39:2 PM
TRB NCRRP Intercity Passenger Rail Service & Development Webinar (April 24, 2017) - Dec 08, 2017 5:30:1 PM
U.S. Federal Railroad Administration weighs in on minimum train crew sizes - Dec 08, 2017 5:17:58 PM
California sells $ 1.4 Billion for High Speed Rail Bonds - Dec 08, 2017 5:34:26 PM
California high-speed rail chairman steps down from job - Dec 08, 2017 5:35:28 PM
Federal Transit Administration approves $647 million grant for Caltrain electrification project - Dec 08, 2017 5:36:17 PM
Amtrak Office of Inspector General - 2017 Report - Challenges at Amtrak - Dec 08, 2017 5:31:1 PM
2016 Mid Year Intercity Passenger Rail Meeting (AR010) - Dec 07, 2017 3:59:0 AM
April 28, 2016 China continues building the Pan Asian High speed railway network - Dec 07, 2017 4:1:51 AM