August 7, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Chicago Tribune, August 6, 2019) CHICAGO — A proposal to bar transit agencies from using federal money to buy Chinese buses and rail cars could stunt expansion at a Far Southeast Side factory that hopes to become a supplier for rail projects around the...
August 7, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: The Oklahoman, August 6, 2019) OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Hopes for passenger rail service linking the Oklahoma City and Tulsa areas suffered a major setback Monday. Stillwater Central Railroad failed to meet an Aug. 4 deadline for establishing a six-month pilot...
August 7, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Bloomberg, August 5, 2019) NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Transit is withholding the growing cost of one of its biggest-ever capital projects, an emergency rail-braking system ordered by Congress. In 2017, the so-called positive train control system had a cost of...
August 6, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Railway Age, August 5, 2019) NEW YORK — Commuter Rail Coalition chair and Metra CEO Jim Derwinski recently testified before the Senate Commerce Committee, where he requested a new grant program specifically for commuter railroads that are struggling to meet...
July 30, 2019 | Commuter Rail, CSX, Headlines
(Source: WTOP, July 29, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Delays along tracks frequented by freight carrier CSX have worsened D.C. area rail commutes and led to an overall decrease in ridership, the Maryland Area Regional Commuter and Virginia Railway Express services say....
July 29, 2019 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, July 25, 2019) NEW YORK — A glimmer of hope has appeared in the seemingly intractable dispute over who will pay for improvements to the century-old rail infrastructure connecting New Jersey to New York and points north and south. Full story:...
July 29, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, July 22, 2019) NEWARK, N.J. — A group of unions representing 800 rail workers on the PATH transit system are the last of 23 bargaining groups left to settle with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Officials of the PATH unions said...
July 19, 2019 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Tribune, July 18, 2019) PITTSTON TWP., Pa. — Wikes-Barre officials asked the Lackawanna/Luzerne Metropolitan Planning Organization this week to consider a feasibility study to restore intercity passenger rail service from Wilkes-Barre to...
July 17, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, July 10, 2019) NEW YORK — Public transportation is, well, public, and dealing with the public isn’t an easy job. Front-line workers such as railroad conductors and bus drivers can become victims of on-the-job assaults perpetrated by angry, noisy...
July 9, 2019 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Herald-Dispatch, July 9, 2019) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Despite innumerable delays, organizers of a fall excursion train to replace the now-defunct New River Train insist that the train will run this October, with announcements pending shortly. Full story:...
