June 30, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: New York Times, June 29, 2015) NEW YORK — A dozen current and former employees of the Metro-North Railroad were brought into state court in Manhattan in handcuffs on Monday on charges that they cheated on the exams required to become a train conductor or...
June 26, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: The Hill, June 26, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maryland Democrats in Congress are sharply criticizing the state’s Republican governor for killing a proposed light railway in Baltimore. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) announced Thursday that he is canceling a...
June 26, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Boston Globe, June 26, 2015) BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s largest union will launch a radio advertisement Friday praising Governor Charlie Baker but calling a key element of his T overhaul plan a “dark cloud.” Elsewhere on the...
June 26, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, June 25, 2015) NEW YORK — Metrolink says Positive Train Control (PTC) is in Revenue Service Demonstration (RSD) across its entire 341-mile network earlier this month, making it the first railroad in the nation to have PTC...
June 26, 2015 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: USA Today, June 25, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Senate committee approved passenger rail legislation on Thursday that would add new safety requirements for Amtrak and commuter rail systems in response to last month’s deadly Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia....
June 25, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Los Angeles Times, June 24, 2015) LOS ANGELES — A sophisticated safety system that could have prevented the deadly Chatsworth train crash in 2008 is now protecting Metrolink passenger trains that travel on all tracks owned by the commuter railroad in Southern...
June 23, 2015 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, June 18, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — Northeast states and transit agencies – including SEPTA and NJ Transit – are being asked to pay more to maintain the heavily traveled rail corridor between Washington and Boston that they share...
June 10, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Boston.com, June 10, 2015) BOSTON — On Tuesday MBTA’s leaders proposed a one-year budget for coming upgrades, estimating the fix will cost over $1 billion, The Boston Globe reports. Full story: Boston.com
June 10, 2015 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, June 9, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Federal Railroad Administration on Tuesday said railroads should identify locations where trains must reduce speed by more than 20 miles per hour in their approach to a bridge or curve and should modify...
June 9, 2015 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, June 9, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a safety advisory recommending actions that passenger railroads take to prevent trains from speeding. The advisory is the...
