September 22, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: State House News Service, September 17, 2021) BOSTON — As candidates for governor and mayor of Boston tout plans for fare-free public transit before the end of the decade, a new report suggests the MBTA could be facing a “fiscal calamity” in a...
September 22, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, September 21, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson hopped aboard an Amtrak train in New York City on Tuesday, after addressing the U.N. General Assembly, to get to a White House meeting with U.S. President Joe...
September 22, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, September 21, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On July 30, 2021, about 6:03 p.m. local time, a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) light rail vehicle consist (train) collided into the rear of another...
September 22, 2021 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 21, 2021) The $222 million project to replace the Merchants Bridge that links Missouri and Illinois at downtown St. Louis reached a major milestone Sept. 17, with the first of three new trusses being installed. Dating back...
September 22, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Press release from the office of New York State Governor Kathy Hochul, September 14, 2021) ALBANY, N.Y. — Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that the New York City Subway, Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road broke pandemic-era ridership records...
