September 12, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Florida Bulldog, September 11, 2016) MIAMI — All Aboard Florida’s plan to operate regular passenger train service between Miami and Orlando is in jeopardy following a federal judge’s order questioning the company’s ability to borrow $1.75 billion in...
September 9, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: New Haven Register, September 8, 2016) NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Two groups opposed to a new high-speed Amtrak rail line through a historic section of Old Lyme are claiming that records they obtained show that recent public hearings are a charade and that approval...
September 9, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: New Haven Register, September 8, 2016) EAST HAVEN, Conn. — There’s an unmistakable anthropomorphic quality to Car 745, whose metaphoric life, one could say, ended on Sept. 11, 2001, along with the 3,000 human victims of the nation’s greatest tragedy. Full...
September 9, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Boston Globe, September 8, 2016) BOSTON — The fight over privatization at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is just warming up, and the T’s largest labor group is gathering its members for a rally on Monday. The Boston Carmen’s Union Local...
September 8, 2016 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Albany Times Union, September 7, 2016) RENSSELAER, N.Y. — Platform extensions are pushing north from the Rensselaer train station, one of a number of passenger rail improvements under way in the Capital Region. The extensions will permit Amtrak to operate...
September 8, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: The Journal News, September 8, 2016) NEW YORK — Metro-North conductors and engineers caught up in a cheating scandal saved their jobs by agreeing to serve months-long suspensions and, in some cases, agreeing to clean train cars and bathrooms, the Journal...
September 7, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, September 6, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — On Tuesday morning, the day after Labor Day, SEPTA advised regional rail riders that they could face delays of up to 30 minutes due to “heavy passenger load.” By early afternoon, the agency...
September 2, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Historic/Steam
(Source: Curbed New York, September 1, 2016) NEW YORK — Two of the PATH train cars that was trapped under the rubble after the 9/11 terrorist attacks will now be opened to the public for the first time ever on the anniversary of the tragedy this month. Untapped Cities...
September 2, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Philly Voice, September 1, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — Four Silverliner V trains returned to service Thursday along SEPTA’s Regional Rail system. And, that’s just the start. Full story: Philly Voice
September 1, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Television station WTXF, September 1, 2016) BENSALEM, Pa. — SEPTA General Manager Jeffrey Knueppel announced details on the transit company’s effort to restore its 120 defective Silverliner V rail cars that represent about a third of its Regional Rail fleet....
