January 20, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Legislation
(Source: Railway Age, January 19, 2016) NEW YORK — After years of delays and extensions, a multi-year surface transportation bill is finally in place. Will it deliver on the advertised? Full story: Railway Age
January 19, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Television station WCVB, January 19, 2016) BOSTON — The MBTA is hoping some plans put in place for this winter will minimize cold weather concerns. The MBTA ran empty Red Line trains through stations overnight in an effort to prevent problems later Tuesday...
January 18, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Sun Herald, January 15, 2016) GULFPORT — If an Orlando-New Orleans Amtrak route materializes, Coast cities will be waiting at the station. Full story: Sun Herald
January 18, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Asbury Park Press, December 14, 2016) SOUTH AMBOY, N.J. — For much of its 70 miles, NJ Transit’s North Jersey Coast Line travels through backwoods and ditches on the outskirts of towns. Full story: www.app.com
January 14, 2016 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Editorial in the Newark Star-Ledger, January 12, 2016) NEWARK, N.J. — With gratitude and appreciation, we welcome the plan to rebuild Penn Station and turn Manhattan’s West Side into a hospitable environment once again, and we applaud Gov. Andrew...
January 12, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Boston Herald, January 11, 2016) BOSTON — The MBTA is preparing to offer a retirement incentive program to as many as 1,000 eligible employees — or roughly 15 percent of its entire workforce — as part of its plan to close a looming $242 million...
January 12, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Bergen Record, January 11, 2016) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — For the second time in a row, a board set up by President Obama to fix NJ Transit’s long-simmering dispute with its workers has decided in favor of the workers, finding that the agency’s unionized rail...
January 11, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: CBS New York, January 5, 2016) NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has some big mass transit plans for Long Island, including a new Long Island Rail Road track and a tunnel through the Long Island Sound. Full story: CBS New York
January 7, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, January 6, 2016) NEW YORK — Penn Station may never be returned to the grand station originally built by the Pennsylvania Railroad and demolished in the 1960s, but New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to give it a shot. Cuomo unveiled a sweeping plan...
January 7, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Bergen Record, January 7, 2016) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Like its predecessor, Gateway plans to deliver rail tunnels that would double the train capacity into New York City. And Gateway, like the canceled Access to the Region’s Core project, also envisions a new...
