June 5, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Boston Herald, June 4, 2015) BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker plans to put $83 million over the next five years toward beefing up the MBTA’s wintertime equipment and procedures after last season’s record-breaking snowfall ground the system to a halt...
June 4, 2015 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age column by William C. Vantuono, June 2, 2015) NEW YORK — Conventional wisdom in our industry tends to focus on ignorance on the part of politicians and passenger train opponents as the main reason why Amtrak is forced to exist on a starvation diet,...
June 4, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Fortune, June 4, 2015) NEW YORK — Compared with China, Europe, and Japan, the U.S. lags badly when it comes to high-speed rail. Can new projects proposed in California, Florida, and Texas get the nation back on track? Full story:...
June 4, 2015 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Center for American Progress, June 4, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Passenger rail is an essential element of America’s surface transportation system. The main provider of intercity passenger rail service is the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, also known...
May 28, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Television station WWLP, May 27, 2015) SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The Massachusetts State Senate has approved a study to look at the cost and economic impact of high-speed rail passenger trains between Springfield and Boston. Full story:...
May 28, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Television WCVB, May 28, 2015) BOSTON — The Boston Carmen’s Union Local 589 argues that a proposal that gives a Baker-appointed board final approval of labor contracts runs afoul of federal law designed to protect the collective bargaining rights of...
May 28, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, May 28, 2015) PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA plans to spend up to $154 million for 18 new Regional Rail locomotives, the authority’s biggest railroad acquisition in a decade. Full story: Philadelphia Inquirer
May 27, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: NBC New York, May 27, 2015) NEW YORK — A Yemeni al-Qaida operative who helped a Long Island man who plotted to bomb the Long Island Rail Road has pleaded guilty to terrorism charges. Full story: NBC New York
May 27, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: State House News Service, May 26, 2015) BOSTON — The Senate shortly after midnight Friday morning unanimously passed a $38.1 billion budget plan for the fiscal year that begins in July after Democrats and Republicans came together over a compromise to put the...
May 22, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: San Jose Mercury News, May 20, 2015) SAN JOSE, Calif. — It happens quickly. More precisely, death on the railway occurs at the speed of a train hurtling down the track. What lasts far longer — and for some, a lifetime — is the lingering emotional...
