Rail & Transit

Hatch Mott MacDonald’s team of professionals provides cost-effective and innovative engineering solutions for the North American rail and transit industry with unprecedented success. We have earned an outstanding reputation with our clients as we offer a full range of services to handle any size project—from a small improvement initiative to a major multi-billion dollar expansion program. We understand the business of moving goods and people. From overall program management, to planning, design, systems integration, or rail activation, we are committed to help our clients realize their goals successfully.

Hatch Mott MacDonald has planned, designed, and managed some of the most visible rail and transit projects in North America and worldwide. Our Transit portfolio includes Toronto’s Sheppard Subway, Sound Transit’s Airport Link, and New York’s East Side Access. Our Freight Railroad portfolio includes Norfolk Southern’s award-winning Heartland Corridor and Canadian Pacific Railway’s Western Capacity Project.

Hatch Mott MacDonald offers extensive multidisciplinary expertise, and a thorough understanding of the complex issues typical of projects with a variety of stakeholders. Our technical services deliver a broad range of solutions for railway operations and span all phases of project development from feasibility studies and surveys through preliminary and detailed design, scheduling, cost estimating, contract administration, bid preparation and evaluation, to program/project and construction management, including start-up and commissioning.