January 22, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Insider NJ, January 21, 2020) KEARNY, N.J. — Governor Phil Murphy, Department of Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, and NJ Transit President and CEO Kevin Corbett today recognized NJ Transit’s latest locomotive engineer training class for...
January 21, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: MTA press release, January 20, 2020) NEW YORK — MTA Long Island Rail Road President Phil Eng today announced that the LIRR’s on-time performance increased 2 percentage points in 2019, rising to 92.4%, the best performance in three years. The LIRR recorded 44%...
January 21, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Editorial published at www.nj.com, January 21, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit was covered in just 20 sentences of Gov. Murphy’s State of the State address Tuesday. He proposed a 10-year strategic plan and a 5-year capital plan, applauded a new class of...
January 17, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.masslive.com, January 16, 2020) SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Ridership on the Hartford Line, which connects rail commuters traveling between New Haven and Springfield has passed the 1 million mark, according to Connecticut Department of Transportation officials....
January 16, 2020 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Radio station KOLN/KGIN, January 14, 2020) LINCOLN, Neb. — A Lincoln senator is proposing Nebraska build a Lincoln to Omaha train system to boost each city’s economy. Full story: www.1011now.com
January 14, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, January 13, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — After enduring criticism for only having four voting members to approve important issues and spending, NJ Transit’s board of directors is finally getting reinforcements. The state senate voted 40-0 to confirm four...
January 14, 2020 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Buffalo News, January 13, 2020) NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — The Niagara Falls Amtrak station opened in 2016 with space for Canadian customs officials to preclear passengers entering Canada. The Canadians, however, still do not use that space, preferring to keep...
January 13, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, January 10, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — The old, troublesome trains on NJ Transit’s River Line are getting the rail equivalent of a heart transplant. All 20 trains on the 34-mile long River Line — which runs between Trenton and Camden — are...
January 13, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: New York Daily News, January 12, 2020) NEW YORK — Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Sunday called for the TSA to quickly roll out technology designed to thwart terrorist attacks at transit hubs — and accused the feds of keeping the potentially life-saving...
January 10, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Insider NJ, January 9, 2020) TRENTON, N.J. — Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation that will require railroad operators to remove obstructive vegetation near railroad crossings. The bill (S3425) aims to increase safety for passenger trains and...
