May 4, 2016 | Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, May 4, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — CSX Transportation and Maryland Transit Administration officials say freight has begun moving gain through the site of a weekend derailment in Washington by Wednesday morning. Full story:...
May 2, 2016 | BNSF, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Los Angeles times, May 1, 2016) LOS ANGELES — After last year’s fatal collision with a utility truck near Oxnard, the Metrolink commuter railroad faced a serious safety issue. The cab car at the front of the ill-fated train did not meet design standards...
May 2, 2016 | Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines
(Source: Maryland Transit Administration press release, May 1, 2016) BALTIMORE, Md. — The MARC Brunswick Line will operate on a significantly reduced schedule tomorrow due to today’s CSX freight train derailment near Washington. In addition, trains will terminate at...
April 29, 2016 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: CBS Philadelphia, April 28, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — The death of two Amtrak employees, struck by a high-speed train along the rails in Chester on April 3, reminded everyone of the dangers of working near trains. Now SEPTA has announced two new measures, beyond...
April 28, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Chicago Tribune, April 27, 2016) CHICAGO — Metra has had a suicide, a possible suicide and a probable suicide attempt on its tracks in a little more than a week’s time — a significant bump in the rate of incidents compared to last year, when there were...
April 26, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.masslive.com, April 26, 2016) BOSTON — Starting next month, riders will be able to get from Worcester to Boston in less than an hour thanks to the MBTAs new nonstop trains. The “bullet trains,” announced last October, will begin running on May...
April 22, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, April 22, 2016) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit did not negotiate a compensation package with the man it tapped as its new executive director before hiring him, an unusual move that likely led to his withdrawal from the job when the sides could not come...
April 21, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, April 21, 2016) NEWARK, N.J. — The man picked to lead New Jersey Transit decided he does not want the job, just days before he was scheduled to start running the nation’s third-busiest commuter railroad. Full story: ABC...
April 21, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, April 19, 2016) NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York said on Tuesday that conductors and engineers with two commuter railroads must be tested for sleep apnea, following a deadly derailment in 2013 that occurred after an engineer...
April 20, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: The Record, April 19, 2016) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Two brush fires swept across the Meadowlands Tuesday afternoon, forcing the temporary cancellations of Amtrak and NJ Transit trains, and delays for commuters that continued throughout the evening rush hour,...
