January 12, 2017 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(Source: CNET, January 12, 2017) NEW YORK — As of January 1, all trains in the Netherlands now run entirely on wind power (that is to say electricity generated by wind farms, not masts and sails). Full story: www.cnet.com
January 12, 2017 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, January 11, 2017) NEW YORK — An Alstom and Bombardier consortium has won a French train contract estimated to be worth 1.16 billion euros ($1.22 billion) for the consortium, the companies and French authorities said on Wednesday. Full story:...
January 12, 2017 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: ABC New York, January 12, 2017) NEW YORK — The Long Island Rail Road is back on schedule after a hectic Wednesday evening rush. Full story: ABC New York
January 12, 2017 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source USA Today, January 11, 2017) WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — After years of failed attempts to bring higher-speed rail service to the Sunshine State, officials with Brightline relished a historic moment Wednesday, showing off the first train set delivered to their...
January 12, 2017 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: NY 1, January 12, 2017) NEW YORK — Transit workers gathered Wednesday to commemorate a co-worker killed by a G train in a Brooklyn subway tunnel back in November. NY1’s Jose Martinez spoke with a co-worker who survived the impact of being hit by a...
January 12, 2017 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(Source: www.nj.com, January 11, 2017) NEWARK, N.J. — The price tag to install a federally mandated safety system by a Dec. 2018 deadline will cost NJ Transit another $32 million, pushing the project cost to $320 million. Full story: www.nj.com
January 11, 2017 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: www.nj.com, January 8, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Cory Booker and Robert Menendez asked the National Transportation Safety Board on Sunday to review how railroads were taking steps to address sleep apnea, which could have contributed to last...
January 11, 2017 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, January 9, 2017) TRENTON, N.J. — Two national railroad unions sued New Jersey on Monday over a law that forbids engineers from operating trains if they have had their motor vehicle driver’s license revoked or suspended for drunken...
January 6, 2017 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, January 5, 2017) NEW YORK — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey agreed to a $32 billion, 10-year capital plan on Thursday, including funding proposals for a new Hudson River train tunnel and a new Manhattan bus terminal. Full story:...
January 6, 2017 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: New York Times, January 5, 2017) NEW YORK — A Long Island Rail Road train that crashed in Brooklyn on Wednesday was going approximately 10 miles per hour when it ran into a train station, injuring more than 100 people, federal investigators said on Thursday....
