September 24, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Times Herald-Record, September 23, 2019) NEW YORK — Members of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s joint Metro-North/Long Island Rail Road committee sparred Monday over the $1 billion difference in funding assigned to the railroads in the MTA’s...
September 23, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: NJ Spotlight, September 23, 2019) NEWARK, N.J. — With an aging infrastructure and an ever-growing fleet of buses and trains to maintain, NJ Transit has had no shortage of shortfalls. The agency has a progressive capital plan, but it’s unclear if the funding...
September 20, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Chicago Sun-Times, September 18, 2019) CHICAGO — Metra plans to tweak the schedule of Electric Line trains next year after installing a federally mandated electronic safety system intended to prevent collisions. The Positive Train Control safety system...
September 19, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.masslive.com, September 18, 2019) BOSTON — The commute from Worcester to Boston is about to get even longer when several upcoming reconstruction projects on the Massachusetts Turnpike get underway. The report, released last week by transit advocacy group...
September 19, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Tap Into Newark, September 16, 2019) NEWARK, N.J. — With the recent June 2019 graduating class and six more classes of locomotive engineering trainees graduating through December 2020, NJ TRANSIT will have graduated seven classes in two years (2019-2020)....
September 17, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Curbed Chicago, September 16, 2019) CHICAGO — Metra won’t raise fares in 2020 which means the agency hasn’t asked customers to pay more for two years in a row. The new state capital bill will let the transit agency budget $2.6 million for improvements over...
September 17, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Nassau Daily Voice, September 16, 2019) LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to spend a whopping $51 billion over the next five years to create a faster, more accessible, and more reliable public transportation system, including...
September 17, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Chicago Patch, September 15, 2019) CHICAGO — The world’s largest train manufacturer, a company owned by the Chinese government, is being targeted by U.S. lawmakers concerned it will build “spy trains” in the United States. CRRC Corporation...
September 16, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: www.nj.com, September 16, 2019) NEWARK, N.J. — As of the end of August, NJ Transit has spent $302 million on Positive Train Control, said Nancy Snyder, an NJ Transit spokeswoman. Full story: www.nj.com
September 12, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Daily Herald, September 12, 2019) CHICAGO — After years of gloomy budget forecasts, Metra riders Wednesday received a reprieve from fare hikes in 2020. The railroad has an estimated $1.45 billion in new money coming from the state over five years, courtesy of...
