November 8, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, November 5, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — Can a commuter train weighing in at thousands of tons be stopped in its tracks by a bunch of leaves? The answer is yes, but it’s not the leaves that are the problem, it’s the oily residue left behind...
November 8, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, November 7, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit does not have enough engineers and it is one of the reasons why trains are continually late. Commuters though may get some relief, although it may not happen soon. More than 5,000 people have applied to...
November 8, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, November 7, 2018) Voters in several U.S. communities yesterday approved various public transit and general transportation initiatives. Full story: Progressive Railroading
November 6, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, November 3, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey’s U.S. Senators and Gov. Phil Murphy asked the Coast Guard to stop opening the Portal Bridge during rush hour in an effort to provide much-needed relief to train commuters. Full story:...
November 1, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Progressive Railroading, October 31, 2018) Metra recently launched revenue service demonstrations (RSDs) of its positive train control (PTC) system on the Rock Island District Line, which runs southwest from Chicago to Joliet, Illinois. Full story:...
November 1, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, November 1, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — Amtrak owns the Portal Bridge. NJ Transit pays rent to Amtrak to use the Northeast Corridor, which includes the bridge. Portal Bridge is one of five bridges on the Northeast Corridor that are over 100-years old and...
October 31, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, October 30, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — For the second night in a row, NJ Transit commuters faced a nightmarish commute, following another mechanical issue that caused delays of over an hour in and out of Penn Station. This time the culprit was the...
October 30, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, October 29, 2018) NEW YORK — Metra has announced that the start of construction of a pedestrian bridge at 41st Street will temporarily close six of its Metra Electric Line stations while work is underway. Full story: Railway...
October 30, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Forbes, October 26, 2018) MIAMI — Despite its impressive name Miami Central Station is much smaller than Penn Station in New York, a hub for Amtrak, the largest intercity passenger rail service in the United States. In fact, Miami Central has only two...
October 30, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board press release, October 30, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On September 23, 2018, about 5:35 p.m., eastern daylight time, a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) subway train operator stopped a SEPTA...
