More Tuesday rail news in brief:
— Seattle-area Sound Transit will offer temporarily reduced “recovery fares” as of June 1 as it resumes fare collection, and will increase service on Link light rail as of that date. Recovery fares of $1 for light rail and $2 for Sounder commuter trains, reduced in acknowledgement of the economic impact of the COVID-19 virus, will be available through June 30. Light rail trains will operate on 20-minute headways during the day, while maintaining the current 30-minute headways evenings and weekends. When new schedules are finalized, they will be available at the Sound Transit website.
— The Denver area’s Regional Transportation District has begun a nationwide search for its next general manager and CEO, to replace Dave Genova, who retired in January. Executive search firm Krauthamer & Associates is assisting in the source and will handle and process all applications. More information is available at the RTD website.
— Contractor Balfour Beatty has stopped construction work on a portion of the Caltrain electrification project for the remainder of the month. The website Construction Dive reports that the contractor has a $697 million contract for the construction of foundations for catenary, but Caltrain board members were told earlier this month that the work was stopping because the firm was behind in resolving some design issues, and was late in ordering rebar. Board members expressed concern whether the problems would delation completion of the foundations, due at the end of the year. The $1.9 billion Peninsula Corridor Electrification project is scheduled for completion in 2022
“would delation completion of the foundations”?
Hipster new-speak