Rail and Subway

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (280+ words) The approved funding includes $267 million for rehabilitation and ventilation-system upgrades at the Caldecott Tunnel in Orinda, covering three of the tunnel's four bores. Another $63 million will support construction of two additional lanes on State Route 37 between Sears Point and Mare…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (153+ words) Work continues daily on the high-speed rail project, with 171 miles currently under design and construction from Merced to Bakersfield. More than 80 miles of guideway are complete, along with 60 fully completed major structures and 30 more structures underway across Madera, Fresno, Kings…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (622+ words) The California High-Speed Rail Authority’s August 2026 CEO Report has outlined progress on construction and procurement, while highlighting continued funding and project delivery challenges. In his report to the Authority’s Board of Directors, CEO Ian Choudri noted that the first half…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (138+ words) Working for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro), the JV will do pre-construction and early-works before building the line with 11 stations and a 26-acre maintenance facility. The new stations will connect to existing services to create a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (457+ words) With Cast Fix, voestalpine Railway Systems offers an installation aid specifically developed for top-down construction of slab track systems. The base plate, elastic support, and leveling elements are securely held together as a single unit even before the concrete is…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (587+ words) by Michelle Roldan, Eyewitness News BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A proposed housing development in Shafter has become the latest flashpoint in an ongoing dispute with the California High-Speed Rail Authority, with city leaders arguing the neighborhood plans predate the rail…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (548+ words) Local Merced officials are calling out the unfulfilled and changing transportation promises made to the area years ago by state and regional agencies. In a letter to the California High-Speed Rail Authority, they suggested the agency’s idea to build its…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (713+ words) Nearly two decades after California and China started their high-speed rail race, China has laid enough high-speed rail to circle the globe — while California’s bullet train has yet to carry a single passenger. The Newsom administration did not immediately respond…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (383+ words) Skanska, Stacy Witbeck to share East San Fernando Valley project. The first Metro rail project built entirely within the San Fernando Valley has its builder: a joint venture of Stockholm-based Skanska and Alameda-based Stacy and Witbeck Inc., which was awarded…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (389+ words) China, meanwhile, began its modern high-speed rail push the same year California voters approved their bullet train. The country’s high-speed rail network surpassed roughly 31,000 miles at the end of 2025, according to state-owned China State Railway Group. But in California, the…...