February 3, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Los Angeles Times, February 1, 2016) LOS ANGELES — Despite efforts by Metrolink officials to improve service, the number of late trains on Southern California’s commuter railroad nearly doubled last year, to the dismay of thousands of riders. Last year,...
February 2, 2016 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: USA Today, February 1, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — No safety improvements have been made at the site of a fatal Metro-North grade-crossing accident in New York that marks its first anniversary Wednesday, according to the Federal Railroad Administration. Full...
February 1, 2016 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, January 29, 2016) NEW YORK — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is suing Amtrak in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts after the two companies failed to reach agreement on new, vastly increased access fees for MBTA...
February 1, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune, January 31, 2016) LOS ANGELES — While insisting their trains are safer after disastrous accidents in Glendale in 2005 and Chatsworth in 2008, Metrolink has learned two things: Change can be slow and safety comes with trade-offs....
February 1, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Boston Globe, February 1, 2016) BOSTON — A mix of mechanical failures, operator errors, and other problems has led to multiple delays with nearly every new commuter rail locomotive recently put into service by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority,...
January 29, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, January 28, 2016) The Empire State Development Corp., the organization that will oversee the $3 billion redevelopment of Penn Station and the Farley Post Office Building in Midtown Manhattan, has released a request for proposals (RFP)...
January 29, 2016 | Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines
(Source: Washington Post, January 29, 2016) BALTIMORE, Md. — With the backing of the state, now the jurisdictions have to convince the railroad owners, CSX Transportation, to agree to the expansion. So far, CSX hasn’t been too enthusiastic about the idea, saying that...
January 29, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, January 29, 2016) NEWARK, N.J. — Complaints about an odor that smells like manure surfaced on Monday and commuters complained on social media that the stench was back on Thursday and Friday morning. Similar complaints surfaced in 2015, and at the...
January 26, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(Source: SEPTA press release, January 25, 2016) PHILADELPHIA — As reported in our last update, toward the end of 2015, Congress and the President authorized a three year extension on the deadline for freight lines and inner city and commuter rail systems to install...
January 26, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: CBS New York, January 25, 2016) MINEOLA, N.Y. — The Long Island Rail Road will have system-wide service restored for the morning rush on Tuesday. Full story: CBS New York
