March 9, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Chicago Sun-Times, March 8, 2016) CHICAGO — About 130 reports of Metra “close calls” have been made in slightly more than six months since four unions signed a confidential safety reporting agreement, officials said Tuesday as they announced an expansion of...
March 9, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, UP
(Source: Los Angeles Times, March 8, 2016) LOS ANGELES — A preliminary investigation shows that a mudslide triggered by days of rain probably caused a Bay Area commuter train to derail on Monday night, according to an official of Union Pacific Railroad, which owns the...
March 9, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Dow Jones Business News, March 8, 2016) NEW YORK — A strike by NJ Transit workers could cause a headache for freight railroads that use its tracks, potentially causing some disruption to service for rail customers along those routes. Full story:...
March 9, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, March 8, 2016) NEWARK, N.J. — Union officials will spend Wednesday analyzing new proposals put on the table by NJ Transit Tuesday as talks continued between the rail agency and a coalition of 11 rail unions trying to avert a possible March 13...
March 8, 2016 | Accident, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: National Public Radio, March 8, 2016) SAN FRANCISCO — A large tree that had fallen onto the tracks caused a Bay Area commuter train to derail Monday night, in an incident that sent nine passengers to the hospital — four of them with serious injuries. Full...
March 8, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Journal News, March 7, 2016) NEW YORK — Traffic-snarled highways. Jam-packed buses and ferries. Crammed Metro-North passenger cars. All caused by more than 100,000 train commuters from points west of the Hudson stuck trying to figure out new ways to get into...
March 8, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, March 8, 2016) NEWARK, N.J. — Negotiations to avert an NJ Transit rail strike concluded Monday with no progress between NJ Transit and a coalition of 11 rail unions seeking to reach an agreement to keep the trains rolling, a union representative...
March 7, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, March 5, 2016) WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — Hundreds of NJ Transit workers rallied in Woodbridge Saturday, calling for a resolution to the protracted contract dispute between the agency and its unions. Full story: www.nj.com
March 7, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: New York Times, March 6, 2016) NEW YORK — New Jersey Transit and its rail workers’ unions will continue negotiations on Monday in Newark, as both sides try to reach an agreement over wages and benefits before a threatened strike on March 13. Full story: New...
March 4, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, March 4, 2016) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit officials warned commuters Thursday that bus service would be able to handle less than 40 percent of the 105,000 people who get to work on trains if unions walk off the job in 10 days over a prolonged...
