August 31, 2021 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: American Public Transportation Association (APTA) press release, August 30, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and a broad coalition of 45 industry partners sent letters urging Congress and the Administration...
August 30, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: KRON4, August 29, 2021) SAN JOSE, Calif. — In the South Bay, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority service began Sunday. The service has been closed since late May due to the mass shooting at the rail yard where an employee killed nine coworkers....
August 27, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Bnamericas, August 26, 2021) HOUSTON — Mexico’s railway regulator (ARTF) has launched several pre-investment studies to enable construction start on five passenger train projects, and it confirmed studies for three more projects next year. Overall, the...
August 27, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, August 25, 2021) NEW YORK — The American Public Transportation Association has added its voice to the chorus of commuter rail stakeholders in addressing the liability insurance crisis—first identified and acted upon by the Commuter Rail...
August 27, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: WHYY, August 27, 2021) PHILADELPHIA — Transportation Workers Union Local 234 president Willie Brown has two words for SEPTA: “Life Happens.” As the union leader prepares to negotiate a new contract for more than 5,000 transit workers employed by the...
August 26, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Unions
(Source: www.nj.com, August 26, 2021) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit officials approved a new contract Wednesday night with nine unions representing bus drivers and mechanics that was completed before the old agreements expired. Full story:...
August 26, 2021 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Bloomberg News, August 25, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak Chief Executive Officer Bill Flynn said Wednesday that construction on the proposed Gateway rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey will substantially increase in 2022. The long-sought $11 billion...
August 19, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 18, 2021) Beginning Aug. 30, Caltrain service will surpass its pre-pandemic levels, offering 104 trains per weekday, including hourly all-stop local trains throughout the day and the return of Baby Bullet express trains. Full...
August 18, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Unions
(Source: WHYY, August 17, 2021) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — SEPTA and the union that represents thousands of transit workers have begun negotiating a new contract. Transport Workers Union Local 234 wants the new contract to acknowledge its members as frontline workers who...
August 18, 2021 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Chicago Sun-Times, August 17, 2021) CHICAGO — Federal regulators have settled a landlord-tenant dispute between Amtrak and Metra over the rent for Union Station, with neither side complaining that it’s been railroaded. The federal Surface Transportation...
