February 18, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Orlando Sentinel, February 15, 2022) ORLANDO, Fla. — Brightline announced Tuesday that it has finished construction of tracks at Orlando International Airport. The South Florida company is closing in on completion of a 170-mile extension from West Palm Beach...
February 17, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, February 16, 2022) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Brightline trains killed one person and seriously injured another in separate accidents less than 12 hours apart, the latest in a spate of collisions plaguing the higher-speed passenger trains since...
February 17, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: CBS New York, February 16, 2022) RONKONKOMA, N.Y. — A suspect is still on the run following a fatal shooting on a Long Island Rail Road train about to pull out of the Ronkonkoma station early Wednesday morning. Full story: CBS New...
February 15, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Contract Agreement, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, February 15 — On February 7, 2022, members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with Metra (the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation, or NIRCRC). The...
February 15, 2022 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, February 14, 2022) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today published a report and supporting data files that measure the performance and service quality of...
February 15, 2022 | Commuter Rail, COVID, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 14, 2022) MTA New York City Transit’s (NYCT) subway ridership recently topped 3 million for three consecutive days, the first time the transit system surpassed that ridership mark since Dec. 17, 2021, when the omicron...
February 15, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Chicago Tribune, February 14, 2022) CHICAGO — A person earlier believed to have been hit by an inbound Metra train in Park Ridge actually suffered a “near miss,” a Metra spokeswoman said late Monday morning. Full story: Chicago...
February 14, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Northjersey.com, February 10, 2022) HOBOKEN, N.J. — The NJ Transit board unanimously approved a settlement a conductor who was working on a train that crashed into Hoboken Terminal on Sept. 29, 2016. Full story: www.northjersey.com
February 11, 2022 | Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines, NTSB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 10, 2022) The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) yesterday released a preliminary report on a Dec. 9, 2021, collision between a CSX freight train and a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA) trolley car...
February 11, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, February 10, 2022) NEW YORK — New Jersey Transit will exercise an option with Alstom for 25 additional Multilevel III commuter railcars, following Board approval on Feb. 9. Also, James Sincaglia has assumed the role of Senior Vice President and...
