December 14, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: New York Times, December 11, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The day before Thanksgiving, with the country on high alert for terrorist threats, dozens of armed guards from the Department of Homeland Security and local law enforcement patrolled Union Station here as...
December 11, 2015 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, December 10, 2015) NEW YORK — The tunnel replacement portion of the Gateway trans-Hudson River project could cost $10 billion, according to early estimates, Patrick Foye, the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said...
December 11, 2015 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Bergen Record, December 10, 2015) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — New Jersey rail passengers will likely have to bear some of the burden of a $20 billion plan to dig new rail tunnels under the Hudson River, a project transportation officials say must be done before the...
December 11, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: CNN, December 10, 2015) BOSTON — A Boston area-commuter train carrying about 50 passengers — but no operator — coasted through several stations after power to a third rail was cut off once officials realized no one was at the controls, authorities...
December 9, 2015 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: New York Times, December 7, 2015) NEW YORK — Near the site where a new rail tunnel could one day run under the Hudson River, officials said on Monday that a recently passed federal transportation bill would make it easier to secure funding for the...
December 2, 2015 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: The Record, December 1, 2015) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — A compromise transportation bill unveiled Tuesday would spare NJ Transit from a $50 million funding cut, scale back attempts to relax trucking regulations and order Amtrak to spend more of the fares...
December 1, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, November 30, 2015) NEWARK, N.J. — Federal lawmakers warned that money for the Gateway Tunnel project could be in jeopardy if an amendment cutting $50 million from New Jersey and other northeastern states isn’t rolled back in a new federal...
December 1, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Hartford Courant, November 29, 2015) NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Metro-North provided more than 3.4 million rides on its New Haven line in September, continuing a yearlong increase that has it on course to break its annual ridership record. Based on the first nine...
December 1, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: State House News Service, November 30, 2015) BOSTON, Mass. — Hoping to craft a “leaner and meaner” MBTA as quickly as possible, a top transit official floated a retirement incentive program and elimination of unfilled positions to try to reduce a...
November 30, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Boston Globe, November 29, 2015) BOSTON — Trains are so popular on the East Coast, they’re giving other modes of transportation a run for their money. Amtrak carries more riders between Boston and New York, for example, than all of the airlines combined. Yet,...
