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37 million are expected to travel this weekend
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 23.) NEW YORK -- Millions of Americans are hitting the road, heading to airports and taking to train stations today to get home in time for Thanksgiving turkey on what's traditionally the biggest...
Amtrak adding additional trains for holiday week
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 22.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak is adding 60 extra trains Thanksgiving week to handle the expected crush of holiday travelers. And Amtrak says all passengers in the Northeast Corridor will need reservations....
Five freight train cars derail in Illinois
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 23.) FOREST PARK, Ill. -- Forest Park police say no one was injured when a freight train derailed in the western Chicago suburb last night. Sergeant Steve Zanoni says four southbound Canadian National...
New, faster ticket machines en route to NJ Transit stops
(The following article by Joe Malinconico was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on November 22.) NEWARK, N.J. -- It's out with the slow and in with the new. That's NJ Transit's goal for the ticket machines at its rail stations and bus terminals. The agency...
NJ Transit has designs on NYC’s West Side
(The following article by Joe Malinconico was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on November 22.) NEWARK, N.J. -- Over the years, commuters have done plenty of complaining about New York Penn Station. They say the low ceilings and dim lighting make parts of the...
Rail station looks west to find tenant
(The following article by Patrick McGeehan was posted on the New York Times website on November 22.) NEW YORK -- The long-running project to make an expanded Pennsylvania Station into a majestic transit hub in Midtown has finally secured its first and most important...
New report calls on federal government to help transit agencies reduce costs for new light rail systems
(University Transportation Research Center issued the following news release on November 21.) NEW YORK -- A report produced for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) by the Region 2 University Transportation Research Center (UTRC) calls on that federal agency to...
Railroad sale still pending
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Chet Brokaw on November 22.) PIERRE, S.D. -- Negotiations continue with the proposed sale of the state-owned railroad line to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, state Transportation Secretary Judy Payne...
VRE warns riders planning to use Amtrak
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 22.) WASHINGTON -- Virginia Railway Express commuters hoping to use their tickets on Amtrak this week could be in for a nasty surprise. VRE is warning that many Amtrak trains are already sold out, with...
Derailed train cars are moved
(The following article by Charles McChesney was posted on the Syracuse Post-Standard website on November 22.) SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The emergency at the CSX train derailment near Central Square is over, according to Terry Bennett, emergency services coordinator for Oswego...
