April 16, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: NBC Philadelphia, April 15, 2020) PHILADELPHIA — A SEPTA regional rail conductor has died of coronavirus, while another two workers are in critical condition, the president of a union representing transit agency workers said Wednesday. The conductor was Mike...
April 15, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, April 14, 2020) Amtrak selected Skanska to rehabilitate three maintenance facilities for the next-generation Acela high-speed rail service on the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., and Boston, Skanska announced today in a...
April 15, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Railway Track and Structures, April 14, 2020) NEW YORK — A fatal accident at a railroad crossing in Florida will keep the crossing closed for several weeks. The accident happened on Friday, April 10, at the Cypress Creek Road crossing west of I-95 in Fort...
April 15, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Forbes, April 14, 2020) LOS ANGELES — Amid the broad economic slowdown triggered by the coronavirus, California has approved a $600 million private activity bond allocation for construction of the $5 billion Virgin Trains-Brightline railway that within four...
