January 23, 2018 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Connecticut Post opinion column by Jim Cameron, January 23, 2018) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — It should have been done by now: 2018 was the expected completion year of the new railroad tunnels under the Hudson River. When it was proposed in 2009, the $9 billion...
January 23, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, January 22, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — The vice president of a national transportation consulting company is expected to be nominated to head NJ Transit by Gov. Phil Murphy to fix the agency Murphy has called a “national disgrace,” NJ...
January 23, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Bergen Record, January 22, 2018) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — With a crumbling concrete wall serving as a backdrop, Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order Monday for a comprehensive audit of NJ Transit’s finances, customer service and personnel practices....
January 23, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Bloomberg, January 23, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Transit’s race to fulfill a federal mandate for emergency train-braking has left it short of equipment, causing weeks of service cuts and crowding that are likely to worsen as the December deadline nears....
January 23, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: The Journal News, January 22, 2018) NEW YORK —the fourth straight year, the Metro-North Railroad has broken its previous ridership record. Preliminary numbers presented at Monday morning’s Metro-North Committee meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation...
January 22, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Hartford Courant, January 22, 2018) HARTFORD, Conn. — The long-awaited $769 million New Haven-Hartford-Springfield commuter rail line remains on track to start up in May, but the huge project still doesn’t have enough funding for completion and is facing new...
January 22, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: The (Stuart, Fla.) News, January 18, 2018) BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — A congressman whose district includes the Brightline passenger rail route called on the private company Thursday to shutter its rail line until flaws in safety are fixed. Full story: USA...
January 19, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: The (Stuart, Fla.) News, January 18, 2018) BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — Jeffrey D. King and Melissa Lavell were struck and killed by Brightline trains six days and less than a half-mile apart. Full story: USA Today
January 18, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: ABC News, January 18, 2018) BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — Two people have died in Florida after being struck by new high-speed Brightline trains on the state’s East Coast Railway tracks, sparking concerns about pedestrian safety and calls for a federal...
January 17, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Bergen Record, January 11, 2018) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Federal regulators are recommending that NJ Transit pay a penalty of $12,000 for failing to meet its own milestones toward installing positive train control, according to congressional aides. Full story:...
