August 1, 2016 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, July 29, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a new, final rule that requires passenger railroads to proactively identify...
July 28, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Reuters, July 27, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Police declared an all-clear at Washington’s Union Station and allowed people to re-enter the train terminal after a bomb threat on Wednesday forced a brief evacuation. The entire incident lasted less than an...
July 27, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Boston.com, July 26, 2016) BOSTON — In a federal complaint filed Tuesday, transit and neighborhood advocates said the MBTA botched the cancellation of late-night weekend service earlier this year. They argue that the T used flawed data to suggest the move...
July 27, 2016 | BNSF, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Dallas Morning News, July 26, 2016) DALLAS — Plano’s initial support for spending $12.3 million to fast-track rail service on the Cotton Belt line is a sign that some Dallas Area Rapid Transit members are willing to chip in extra money for the...
July 26, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, July 25, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — More than a dozen men bustled around the elevated railcar, attaching wires and sensors to it like doctors placing monitors on a heart patient. Full story: Philadelphia Inquirer
July 19, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: New York Post, July 18, 2016) NEW YORK — The July 18 morning commute on the Long Island Rail Road was a mess Monday after a work car train derailed in Queens, resulting in the cancellation or diversion of some westbound trains. Full story: New York...
July 18, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: The Register-Guard, July 17, 2016) EUGENE, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Transportation spent four years and $10 million mulling where the Willamette Valley passenger rail line of the future should go — and is about to decide that it should stay put, on the...
July 18, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Television station WPVI, July 17, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia’s main transit agency is leasing additional rail cars in a continued effort to ease crowding due to over 100 coaches being out of service. The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation...
July 15, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, July 15, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — Hairline cracks along a joint where contractors had welded steel plates no bigger than an ice cream sandwich. Full story: Philadelphia Inquirer
July 14, 2016 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: News9.com, July 13, 2016) OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Oklahoma Department of Transportation has heard back from seven passenger rail companies looking at taking over operations of the Heartland Flyer. Full story: www.news9.com
