federal railroad administration
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Appeals court agrees RTD not responsible for $111.5 million in costs from faulty rail line rollout
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Colorado’s second-highest court agreed on Thursday that the contractor responsible for building and operating the recent expansion of the Regional Transportation District’s rail network cannot recover more than $100 million from RTD for the extended period in which grade crossing systems malfunctioned. Denver Transit Partners and RTD engaged in a public-private partnership to construct a…
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RTD: Denver’s tall buildings partly to blame for train issues
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The Regional Transportation District says that high-rise growth in downtown Denver is one of the main causes of the district’s ongoing issues with the metro area’s commuter rail network, including its A Line train to the airport. That discovery came in an action plan the district submitted to federal regulators Friday and made public Monday.…
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RTD submits plan for airport-train crossing fix
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RTD has submitted a plan to the Federal Railroad Administration that is meant to address how it is fixing issues with the timing of the A Line’s crossing gates. In a news release, the Regional Transportation Agency said the plan aims to resolve the crossing gate issues within a year. The plan was submitted ahead…
