November 2, 2015 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Bloomberg, October 30, 2015) NEW YORK — Century-old rail tunnels between Manhattan and New Jersey increasingly are at risk of becoming unusable before the $20 billion Gateway project that would construct new ones is funded, U.S. Senator Cory Booker said. Full...
November 2, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Orange County Register, October 31, 2015) SANTA ANA, Calif. — Metrolink commuter trains running from Anaheim to Riverside and from Riverside through Buena Park aren’t up and running with a new federally mandated collision-avoidance technology, but they might...
October 30, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, October 29, 2015) NEWARK, N.J. — The proposed Gateway Tunnel under the Hudson River has been called the most important transit project in the region, but does the magnitude of that project mean other projects are off the table? Not necessarily,...
October 30, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: CBS Boston, October 27, 2015) BOSTON — Deep inside the $82 million renovation of the Government Center MBTA stop, hidden inside a hollow concrete section, rolled in a ball, is a piece of Boston’s past. Two very creepy, very ragged, beat up costumes. They are...
October 27, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: The Journal News, October 26, 2015) NEW YORK — New train cars, station upgrades and improved infrastructure are some of the benefits Metro-North riders could see in the coming years. The railroad is in line to receive $2.6 billion in funding as part of the...
October 27, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: The Record, October 27, 2015) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — The project to replace the outdated and failing Portal Bridge across the Hackensack River has received its first money for construction. But the $16 million grant, announced Monday by three members of New...
October 27, 2015 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, October 26, 2015) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Iowa Pacific Holdings has already has added free Wi-Fi, improved dining options and more than doubled the number of passengers it can accommodate. It hopes to add more trains, and company president...
October 27, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: The Journal News, October 21, 2015) NEW YORK — The legal tab for two Metro-North derailments, including one of the deadliest crashes in the commuter railroad’s 33-year history, stands at more than $38.4 million and is certain to grow in the coming years, a...
October 26, 2015 | Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines
(Source: Tampa Tribune, October 24, 2015) TAMPA, Fla. — Is the solution to the Tampa Bay area’s mass transit woes already crisscrossing Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties? Full story: Tampa Tribune
October 23, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Hartford Courant, October 22, 2015) NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Concerned that inadequate track maintenance led to the explosive derailment of a CSX oil tanker train in West Virginia in February, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal has asked Metro-North to detail how...
