September 21, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Bloomberg, September 20, 2018) NEW YORK — New Jersey Transit will cancel dozens of trains, including several along its most-used Northeast Corridor line, promising even more crowded commutes into New York City. The cuts will accommodate the installation of...
September 20, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 19, 2018) Mayor Domenic Sarno of Springfield, Massachusetts, has asked the Trump administration to end tariffs on Chinese-built rail cars. Full story: Progressive Railroading
September 19, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: NBC Chicago, September 18, 2018) CHICAGO — A man was charged with punching a Metra conductor in the face Friday morning and refusing to pay his fare. Full story: NBC Chicago
September 19, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 18, 2018) Metra has finished installing positive train control (PTC) components on all its trains and all communications and signal systems, the railroad announced yesterday. Full story: Progressive...
September 19, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Los Angeles Times, September 18, 2018) LOS ANGELES — A longstanding plan to build a passenger rail system between Southern California and Las Vegas has a new financial backer, a company operating a privately funded rail project in Florida. Miami-based...
September 17, 2018 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.inforum.com, September 16, 2018) FARGO, N.D. — Expanded daytime passenger train service from Fargo to Chicago with stops in between could become a reality if Minnesota lawmakers can be sold on the idea. Full story: www.inforum.com
September 17, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: CBS New York, September 15, 2018) NEW YORK — NJ TRANSIT will soon be able to hire more out-of-state train and bus operators. In the past, state law has banned the agency from recruiting employees from New York or Pennsylvania. That will soon change after a...
September 14, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: NorthJersey.com, September 13, 2018) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Wednesday marked the 10th anniversary of a deadly commuter train crash in Southern California that led to a safety requirement NJ Transit is struggling to meet by year’s end. Full story:...
September 14, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Transport Topics, September 13, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Equipping the country’s freight and commercial trains with technology designed to automatically slow down or stop trains traveling at dangerous speeds would improve safety, the head of the National...
September 13, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Chicago Daily Herald, September 12, 2018) CHICAGO — Metra leaders gave riders a 2019 fare-hike holiday Wednesday but promised doomsday-scenario downsizing unless state funding materializes. That could mean eliminating stations, trains and even routes,...
