March 11, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, March 11, 2015) HOBOKEN, N.J. — A fire in high tension wires has knocked out service on NJ Transit’s Pascack Valley Line between Oradell and River Edge and a trespasser incident has shut down Morris & Essex service between Hackettstown...
March 11, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: WBUR, March 10, 2015) BOSTON — With increased rides on the subway, buses and the commuter rail, the MBTA had a record 400.8 million trips last year — putting the transit system in line with a nationwide trend in which more and more people are using public...
March 5, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Boston.com, March 4, 2015) BOSTON — Back in 2009, the MBTA estimated that upgrading and modernizing its aging systems would cost $3.1 billion. On Tuesday, an MBTA official said that the estimated cost of doing the same thing has skyrocketed to $6.7 billion,...
March 4, 2015 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, March 3, 2015) LOS ANGELES — A train engineer from Homeland died Tuesday, March 3, a week after he was gravely injured in a crash and derailment in Oxnard, officials said. Glenn Steele, 62, died at Cedar Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles,...
March 3, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, March 2, 2015) BOSTON — The company that operates the state’s commuter rail system has been fined more than $434,000 after nearly two-thirds of the trains were late or canceled during the heavy snowfalls that pounded the region last...
March 3, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Boston Herald, March 3, 2015) BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker will call for a nearly $190 million rescue plan for the MBTA as part of a proposed budget that will be unveiled tomorrow, the Herald has learned. Full story: Boston Herald
March 2, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: New York Times, March 2, 2015) NEW YORK — The rail tunnels that connect New York City and New Jersey are 105 years old, and the technique that Amtrak employees have been using to keep trains running through them this frigid winter is hardly more modern. In...
March 2, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, March 2, 2015) BOSTON — The MBTA — struggling to regain its footing after a dismal, snow-clogged month — welcomes a new general manager this week. On Wednesday, Frank DePaola steps in as interim general manager, replacing current General...
March 2, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Associated Press, February 25, 2015) LOS ANGELES — Perhaps the most remarkable thing about the collision between a Southern California commuter train and a truck abandoned on the tracks was this: No one died and only eight people on board were admitted to...
March 2, 2015 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Technology
(Source: Los Angeles times, February 27, 2015) LOS ANGELES — The Metrolink commuter train service next week is expanding its use of a new high-tech safety system that allows remote control to slow or halt trains if the on-board engineers are not responding properly to...
