March 23, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 22, 2018) MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) on Monday shared details of its performance improvement plan. The plan outlines nearly 60 actions the railroad will take to boost service reliability, seasonal preparedness and customer...
March 23, 2018 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Curbed, March 22, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The $1.3 trillion spending bill Congress unveiled last night offered renewed hope for transit advocates, who feared the steep cuts initially put forth in the president’s budget proposal. Full story:...
March 23, 2018 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, March 23, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — Funds in the federal spending bill for Amtrak and a special account controlled by the governors of New Jersey and New York will provide $540 million for the Gateway Tunnel even though the project is not mentioned by...
March 23, 2018 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Bloomberg, March 23, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The battle over designating money for the Northeast Corridor rail project is finished, but the war over funding it goes on. Full story: Bloomberg
March 22, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: MTA press release, March 20, 2018) LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — Long Island Rail Road crews will perform testing on a new signal system this weekend, March 24-25, at Harold Interlocking, an important step furthering progress on the East Side Access project that will...
March 22, 2018 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, March 21, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A deal to fund the U.S. government through the end of September released late Wednesday will not include any directed funding for building a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River connecting New York City and New...
March 21, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: www.nj.com, March 20, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Transit officials have met officials from the Federal Railroad Administration, Amtrak and Conrail as they seek to meet a year-end deadline for installing an automatic speed control system designed to make...
March 21, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.northjersey.com, March 20, 2018) MADISON, N.J. — NJ Transit will spend $19 million to hire 114 employees, Gov. Phil Murphy said Tuesday, a move that will help ease a staffing crunch at the agency that’s been building for years. NJ Transit has been...
March 21, 2018 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: NBC Connecticut, March 21, 2018) HARTFORD, Conn. — Amtrak, Metro-North and Shoreline East have all announced service changes due to Wednesday’s impending storm. Full story: NBC Connecticut
March 21, 2018 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: National Public Radio, March 20, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration has talked a lot about rebuilding the nation’s crumbling roads, bridges and railways. But what some call the nation’s most critical infrastructure project is not on...
