List of US+Canada rail transit currently under construction

[muertecaza]

The Dallas Bishop Arts streetcar extension opened yesterday.

http://keranews.org/post/dallas-stre...rict-rolls-out

[Cirrus]

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moved to complete

[ColDayMan]

The Cincinnati streetcar opens tomorrow and has been running with media today. You'd might as well list it as complete now.

[plutonicpanda]

Oklahoma City streetcar starts construction in November.

[Cirrus]

Moved Cincinnati to complete. OKC has to wait until it's actually u/c to be listed.

[fflint]

Just an update: the Warm Springs BART extension is expected to open October 22nd.

[scalziand]

Forgot to add the New Haven/ Hartford/ Springfield Commuter rail line, which is currently under construction, and involves restoring double tracking to the current Amtrak line and rebuilding a bunch of the stations.

Project website: http://www.nhhsrail.com/

Hartford line - 62 miles

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Also, the Boston Wachusett extension is scheduled to open on Sept 30, so that should be coming off the list soon.

[seaskyfan]

Sound Transit is opening Angle Lake Station today. Extending Link Light Rail 1.6 miles south from SeaTac Airport.

http://www.anglelake2016.org

[Cirrus]

Moved Seattle's Angle Lake / South 200th extension to complete.

Added the CT commuter rail.

SunRail Phase 2 was already on the list.

[Cirrus]

New Orleans' Rampart streetcar opens Sunday and will come off the list then.

http://neworleanscitybusiness.com/bl...-opens-sunday/

[scalziand]

The Boston Fitchburg line Wachusett extension officially opened yesterday with a limited schedule.



http://mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/r...route=FITCHBRG

[Nouvellecosse]

Why does Boston have such a weird mix of single and bi-level coaches? Why not just have all bilevels and be done with it...

[electricron]

Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse

Why does Boston have such a weird mix of single and bi-level coaches? Why not just have all bilevels and be done with it...

Because they bought only what they needed at a time.
Here's their commuter rail equipment roster:
(not sure when the last update of my source occurred)
http://www.transithistory.org/roster/
55 single levels built by Pullman-Standard in 1978-1979, rebuilt in 1996, plus 2 out of service.
141 single levels built by Bombardier in 1987-1990, plus 3 out of service.
21 single levels built by MBB in 1987-1988, plus 43 out of service. This class is being phased out.
126 double levels built by Kawasaki in three batches 1990-2006, plus 13 out of service.
74 double levels built by Rotem in 2012-2014?, plus 1 out of service. This is the latest class of cars they have ordered. I'm not sure if they have ordered more.
Subtotal of active single level cars = 217
Subtotal of active double level cars = 200
Total of active cars = 417

That's a lot of cars to order simultaneously.

[Citylover94]

Boston is working on transitioning to all bilevels but they don't have the money to order enough bilevels to replace all the single levels at once so for now they run hybrid sets. This is also a line that runs out of North Station and the Northside gets more single levels and less bilevels because the Worcester and especially the Providence line need the bilevels to a greater degree.

[Nouvellecosse]

Originally Posted by electricron

Because they bought only what they needed at a time.
Here's their commuter rail equipment roster:
(not sure when the last update of my source occurred)
http://www.transithistory.org/roster/
55 single levels built by Pullman-Standard in 1978-1979, rebuilt in 1996, plus 2 out of service.
141 single levels built by Bombardier in 1987-1990, plus 3 out of service.
21 single levels built by MBB in 1987-1988, plus 43 out of service. This class is being phased out.
126 double levels built by Kawasaki in three batches 1990-2006, plus 13 out of service.
74 double levels built by Rotem in 2012-2014?, plus 1 out of service. This is the latest class of cars they have ordered. I'm not sure if they have ordered more.
Subtotal of active single level cars = 217
Subtotal of active double level cars = 200
Total of active cars = 417

That's a lot of cars to order simultaneously.

Obviously I didn't mean to buy them all at once, (seriously?) I meant to decide on the best type of configuration based on the carrier's needs and infrastructure and standardize all future orders to that format. GO transit for example has over 600 coaches ordered in various batches from mid 1970s - current and they're all basically the same with just minor modernizations and updates.

[Citylover94]

That is what they have done they have decided that they will switch to a completely bilevel fleet and are currently starting to phase out single levels with each new order of coaches. They just didn't start doing that as early as it sounds like Toronto did so they still have a lot of single levels. The transition is just going to take some time and until it is done there will be trains like the one in the picture above with a mix of cars based on the expected demand for capacity and what is available.

[Cirrus]

New Orleans streetcar & Boston commuter rail extension moved to complete.\

[Cirrus]

The first phase of New York's 2nd Avenue subway should open by the end of the year.

[muertecaza]

The Gilbert Road Extension of the Phoenix-area light rail officially broke ground yesterday.

http://www.valleymetro.org/pressrele...ension-in-mesa

The extension extends the line an extra 1.9 miles into Mesa and can be added to Under Construction list.

[Cirrus]

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Added. Thanks.