April 7, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: CBS Philadelphia, April 7, 2020) PHILADELPHIA — A third SEPTA employee has died from COVID-19, TWU Local 234 President Willie Brown confirmed to Eyewitness News. Brown said SEPTA received news overnight on the passing of bus operator Michael Holt, of the...
April 6, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: CBS New York, April 6, 2020) NEW YORK — The Harlem subway station where a train operator was killed in a suspicious fire reopens to the public today. MTA officials said flames erupted on one of the cars of a northbound 2 train as it pulled into the 110th...
April 6, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, April 5, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit is asking all riders to wear face coverings to help lessen the spread of the coronavirus. Full story: www.nj.com
April 3, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.patch.com, April 2, 2020) CHICAGO — Metra announced Wednesday it will be closing one car on all of its trains until further notice in another step to protect its train crews during the coronavirus pandemic. In a news release, Metra said it’s also...
April 3, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: WHYY, April 3, 2020) PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA needs 10,000 face masks. As the coronavirus pandemic triggers a shortage in protective equipment for essential frontline workers, the regional transportation is struggling to respond to increasingly urgent calls from...
April 2, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: NorthJersey.com, March 31, 2020) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — NJ Transit, which has seen its train schedules dramatically reduced because of the coronavirus lockdown, is taking advantage of the freed-up rail lines to do more testing of a federally mandated safety...
April 2, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, April 1, 2020) PHILADELPHIA — Allison Cooper, a SEPTA operator repositioned to sanitizing buses at Fern Rock Transportation Center, worries she may give COVID-19 to her 90-year-old mom at their Germantown home. As Cooper, 54, a TWU...
April 2, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: NBC Chicago, April 2, 2020) CHICAGO — A conductor who works on the Metra SouthWest Service Line has tested positive for COVID-19, the commuter rail service announced Wednesday. The employee has been home since becoming sick March 25, Metra said in a...
April 2, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: NorthJersey.com, April 2, 2020) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — An NJ Transit bus operator said he was handed a pair of gloves and a square towelette before heading out on an eight-hour shift in North Jersey last week. The next day, he was feverish, had chills and was...
April 1, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: CBS Philadelphia, March 30, 2020) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Philadelphia police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened onboard an “El Train” overnight. SEPTA police called officers after discovering the body of a 41-year-old man at Kensington and...
