September 13, 2018 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: WTOP, September 12, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — VRE is cutting back service Friday ahead of expected heavy rainfall. Amtrak is canceling all service south of Washington Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A handful of regional trains are canceled entirely Friday. Full...
September 13, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: USC Annenberg Media, September 12, 2018) CHATSWORTH, Calif. — Metrolink highlighted its commitment to safety Wednesday by unveiling an exhibit that memorializes the 10 Anniversary of the Chatsworth train collision that killed 25 people and injured a hundred...
September 13, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Ventura County Star, September 12, 2018) CAMARILLO, Calif. — On the 10th anniversary of the deadly Metrolink train crash in Chatsworth, the 25 people who were killed, including 21 from Ventura County, were remembered Wednesday at a memorial event not far from...
September 12, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: My News LA, September 12, 2018) LOS ANGELES — A pair of memorial ceremonies will be held Wednesday to mark the 10th anniversary of the 2008 Metrolink crash in Chatsworth that killed 25 people, injured more than 100 others and led to a national push for the...
September 12, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Washington Post, September 11, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A scary incident on NJ Transit over the weekend came like a dagger from the sky to remind Americans that their transportation infrastructure, particularly for aging trains and subways, is in poor shape....
September 11, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, September 10, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — Where did the metal pole come from that punched through an NJ Transit train traveling through the century plus old Hudson River rail tunnels to New York on Friday night? So far, Amtrak or NJ Transit officials...
September 10, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Connecticut Post, September 10, 2018) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Metro-North defines a train as being on time if it arrives or departs within five minutes and 59 seconds of the scheduled time. So the train due in Grand Central at 8:45 a.m. is still “on time” in...
September 10, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Los Angeles Daily News, September 8, 2018) LOS ANGELES — Metrolink 111 was right on time. The commuter train pulled out of Union Station just after 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 12, 2008, carrying mostly workers and college students heading home on a Friday afternoon....
September 7, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 6, 2018) MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) broke ground on its $2.6 billion third-track expansion project, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced yesterday. The effort includes 50 projects aimed at modernizing 9.8 miles of...
September 6, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: ABC 7 New York, September 6, 2018) NEW YORK — A new report is revealing what Long Island Rail Road commuters know all too well: the agency’s on-time performance has not been good. Full story: www.abc7ny.com
