August 13, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, August 12, 2015) NEW YORK — The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) has decided to phase out its 10-unit fleet of AEM7 and HHP8 electric locomotives used for MARC regional/commuter rail service and replace them with eight new 125-mph “Charger”...
August 13, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Fox Connecticut, August 12, 2015) NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) is steaming because Metro-North Railroad, loaned nearly $1 billion dollars of federal money to implement a train safety technology, is sitting on that money and will...
August 13, 2015 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Bergen Record, August 13, 2015) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — It’s the tunnel that everyone agrees is necessary and no one wants to pay for. Full story: www.northjersey.com
August 13, 2015 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Asbury Park Press, August 12, 2015) NEW YORK — Plans for new Hudson River tunnels between New Jersey and New York got a congressional boost this week, but experts are left wondering what’s next. Full story: www.app.com
August 13, 2015 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, August 13, 2015) NEWARK, N.J. — A program that New York State used to fund rail safety work and which Amtrak used to buy new electric locomotives could be the financing tool to kick start the Gateway Project, which would build badly-needed new...
August 12, 2015 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, August 11, 2015) NEWARK, N.J. — Governor Chris Christie and U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Robert Menendez will meet with U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on August 18 to talk about Hudson River rail tunnel funding. Full story:...
August 12, 2015 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Bergen Record, August 12, 2015) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — New Jersey legislators, take notice: No more rhetoric about Governor Christie killing the ARC tunnel. That happened five years ago, and too little has been done to move an alternative project forward....
August 12, 2015 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, August 11, 2015) NEW YORK — U.S. Senator Charles Schumer of New York on Tuesday put forward a plan to pay for a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River linking New Jersey and New York City, following lengthy delays that have left commuters stranded...
August 11, 2015 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: NJ Spotlight, August 11, 2015) TRENTON, N.J. — Lawmakers in Trenton told passing the buck on Gateway project means rail-transit woes will only get worse. Full story: www.njspotlight.com
August 11, 2015 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: The Record, August 10, 2015) TRENTON, N.J. — With more failures imminent for the century-old Hudson River rail tunnel, and with initial figures suggesting a new tunnel may cost $14 billion, state Sen. Robert Gordon said Monday that New Jersey should start...
