July 11, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, July 9, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — It’s increasingly likely SEPTA is facing the worst-case scenario for its diminished rail fleet. As a result, riders will see depleted service at least through Labor Day. Full story: Philadelphia...
July 11, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, July 11, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — With leased railcars finally on hand, SEPTA announced a new schedule Sunday night to improve service that has been rocky since a third of its rail fleet was pulled from service more than a week ago. Full...
July 11, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Los Angeles Times, July 8, 2016) LOS ANGELES — The board of the Metrolink commuter railroad on Friday unanimously approved $1.5 million to repair dozens of passenger cars with defective parts that were discovered in the wake of last year’s fatal Oxnard crash...
July 8, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Boston Business Journal, July 7, 2016) BOSTON — A Chinese train manufacturer that’s building 284 subway cars for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is running into problems with one of its customers in Asia. Full story: Boston Business...
July 8, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Editorial in the Philadelphia Inquirer, July 7, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — What car owner would take it in stride if cracks showed up in his vehicle’s axle or frame only a few years into its expected road life? Similar circumstances face SEPTA, which has had...
July 7, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: News Radio KYW 1060, July 6, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — The union representing workers who assembled the now out-of-service SEPTA rail cars at a South Philadelphia manufacturing facility believes the cracked beams were defective, and not reflective of their work....
July 7, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Magazine, July 6, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — Hyundai Rotem is currently trying to obtain another SEPTA contract to manufacture double-decker trains that would be used to ease congestion on Regional Rail lines. Given the company’s current (and past)...
July 6, 2016 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: NBC Philadelphia, July 5, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — All options are on the table as SEPTA tries to cope with one-third of its train car fleet taken out of Regional Rail service Tuesday, officials said. Full story and video: NBC Philadelphia
July 6, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, July 6, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA’s Silverliner V cars were sidelined by a problem that has dogged mechanical engineers for as long as they have worked with metal: fatigue. Full story: Philadelphia Inquirer
July 5, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, July 4, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — Structural failures found in a third of SEPTA’s train fleet are forcing more than 100 cars off the tracks indefinitely. The flaw, a crack in a weight-bearing beam on a train car’s undercarriage,...
