June 17, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 16, 2022) The Federal Transit Administration yesterday ordered the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) to take immediate action on safety issues at the...
June 17, 2022 | Commuter Rail, COVID, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 16, 2022) The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced this week that Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad set new pandemic-era ridership records on June 14. Full story: Progressive Railroading...
June 16, 2022 | Commuter Rail, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 14, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The impact of the Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger on Metra commuter operations is even worse than initially thought, the Chicago area commuter railroad has told federal regulators. Full story:...
June 2, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Long Island Rail Road press release, May 31, 2022) NEW YORK — Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that the 700,000-square-foot Long Island Rail Road terminal nearing completion below Grand Central Terminal and Madison Avenue from 43rd Street to 48th Street...
May 24, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Television station WDBJ, May 23, 2022) ROANOKE, Va. — Passenger rail service to and from the New River Valley won’t start until 2026, but a second train serving Roanoke could begin operating later this summer. Full story: www.wdbj7.com
May 16, 2022 | Amtrak, BNSF, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 16, 2022) MISSOULA, Mont. — BNSF Railway has joined the group seeking to restore passenger rail service in southern Montana, a move welcomed because of the railroad’s role as primary host railroad for the proposed service. Full story:...
May 12, 2022 | BNSF, Commuter Rail, Fatality, Headlines
(Source: Daily Herald, May 11, 2022) CHICAGO — National Transportation Safety Board authorities are investigating Metra’s first passenger death since 2005 after a train collided with a truck Wednesday at a crossing in Clarendon Hills. The crash occurred after 8...
May 12, 2022 | Commuter Rail, COVID, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 11, 2022) MTA New York City Transit subway system on May 5 reached a new single-day ridership record of 3.497 million riders since the pandemic began in March 2020, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced. Full story: Progressive...
May 4, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, May 3, 2022) NEW YORK — The Northern Lights passenger rail system has been extinguished permanently in the state of Minnesota. Sen. David Osmek authored an amendment that killed a bill to fund the project. He said the Northern...
April 21, 2022 | Commuter Rail, COVID, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, April 21, 2022) NEW YORK — A Florida judge on April 18 struck down a federal mandate requiring mask use on public transportation and at transportation hubs. While railroads were deciding whether to keep the mandate in place until May 3 or make...
