August 17, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Press release from the office of Governor Phil Murphy, August 16, 2021) TRENTON, N.J. — Governor Phil Murphy today announced that current Deputy Chief Counsel and Director of the Governor’s Authorities Unit, Brian Wilton, will serve as General Counsel for NJ...
August 17, 2021 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: CNN, August 16, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Don’t expect any 200 mph trains that rival Europe and Asia’s best, or even cheaper fares. Transportation experts think the infrastructure bill could be the start of a turning point for the disadvantaged state of US...
August 16, 2021 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: NorthJersey.com, August 15, 2021) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — NJ Transit is making a $62 million investment to restore a 7-mile stretch of the long-dormant Lackawanna Cutoff by rebuilding track, constructing a new station in Andover and repairing the aging...
August 12, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice press release, Eastern District of Pennsylvania Attorney’s Office, August 11, 2021) PHILADELPHIA — Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Mark Irvello, 56, of Broomall, PA; Stanley Woloff, 58, of...
August 11, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, August 11, 2021) NEW YORK — Brightline, Florida’s private-sector passenger railroad, will restore service between Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach in the first half of November, President Patrick Goddard has reported. All service was...
August 6, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: WABC, August 4, 2021) NEWARK, N.J. — A man is facing several charges after he was captured on video cursing at and using racial slurs towards a New Jersey Transit conductor before assaulting him. Full story: www.abc7ny.com
August 6, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, August 5, 2021) NEWARK, N.J. — The good news for PATH commuters is the Port Authority finally settled contracts on Thursday with two unions representing employees who operate the trains and have waited a decade for a settlement. The agreement with...
August 3, 2021 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: White House press release, August 2, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On July 28, the President and the bipartisan group announced agreement on the details of a once-in-a-generation investment in our infrastructure, which was immediately taken up in the Senate for...
August 3, 2021 | Commuter Rail, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, August 2 — Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) have ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH), which governs rates of pay, work rules, and health care for over 175...
August 2, 2021 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, July 29, 2021) NEW YORK — Citing that the job of running, day-to-day, MTA New York City Transit has been taking too much time from her family, Interim NYCT President Sarah Feinberg is stepping down on July 31. Full story: Railway...
