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Builder selected for Austin light rail
Feb 19, 2026

Builder selected for Austin light rail

AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin agency overseeing the city’s planned light rail network has selected the construction contractor for the…

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Sound Transit ‘simulated service’ will add to light rail schedules
Feb 11, 2026

Sound Transit ‘simulated service’ will add to light rail schedules

SEATTLE — Sound Transit will begin simulated service on its new light rail Crosslake Connection on Saturday, Feb. 14, giving…

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Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown opens
Feb 9, 2026

Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown opens

TORONTO — Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown light rail line opened on Sunday, Feb. 8, some 15 years after construction began and…

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Toronto set to open long-delayed Eglinton Crosstown light rail line
Feb 7, 2026

Toronto set to open long-delayed Eglinton Crosstown light rail line

TORONTO — The Eglinton Crosstown, a long-delayed 25-station, 19-kilometer (11.8-mile) light rail line connecting east and west Toronto, is slated…

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Sound Transit sets March 28 for opening of light rail Crosslake Connection
Jan 24, 2026

Sound Transit sets March 28 for opening of light rail Crosslake Connection

SEATTLE — Sound Transit’s light rail Crosslake Connection — the section of Line 2 across Lake Washington to complete the…

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NJ Transit unveils renovated River Line trainset
Jan 9, 2026

NJ Transit unveils renovated River Line trainset

TRENTON, N.J. — NJ Transit has unveiled the first renovated trainset on its light rail River Line, featuring a revamped…

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Oregon’s TriMet unveils proposed service cuts
Jan 7, 2026

Oregon’s TriMet unveils proposed service cuts

PORTLAND, Ore. — Transit agency TriMet would shorten one of its light rail lines and eliminate or alter some 35…

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Light rail collision with pickup in Phoenix sends four on train to hospital, kills vehicle driver
Dec 31, 2025

Light rail collision with pickup in Phoenix sends four on train to hospital, kills vehicle driver

PHOENIX — A collision between a pickup truck and Valley Metro light rail vehicle has killed the driver of the…

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Low visibility left operator no chance to avoid hitting tree, says NTSB report on NJ Transit light rail fatality
Dec 10, 2025

Low visibility left operator no chance to avoid hitting tree, says NTSB report on NJ Transit light rail fatality

WASHINGTON — Predawn low-light conditions made it impossible for the operator to stop in time to avoid hitting a downed…

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Toronto opens Finch West light rail line
Dec 9, 2025

Toronto opens Finch West light rail line

TORONTO — The Toronto Transit Commission has opened its newest rail transit line, the 10.3-kilometer (6.4-mile), 18-station Line 6 Finch…

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Sound Transit opens Federal Way Extension
Dec 7, 2025

Sound Transit opens Federal Way Extension

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Sound Transit celebrated the opening of the 7.8-mile, three-station extension of its Link light rail Line…

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Sound Transit set to open latest addition to Link light rail
Dec 5, 2025

Sound Transit set to open latest addition to Link light rail

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Sound Transit is set to open the latest addition to its Link light rail system on…

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