July 9, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Freight Waves, July 8, 2019) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Virgin Trains USA, the only privately owned railroad in the United States, received approval to expand in Florida. It held a groundbreaking ceremony at Orlando International Airport on June 24th to celebrate...
July 9, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: NBC Philadelphia, July 8, 2019) PHILADELPHIA — A SEPTA worker was struck and killed by a train during the Monday afternoon commute. Darren Monroe, 54, was working on the tracks near SEPTA’s Erie Station on Monday when he fell backwards and was struck by...
July 8, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: Boston 25 News, July 8, 2019) BOSTON — A former top MBTA safety official says in a whistleblower complaint that he was fired by the T as he investigated numerous safety violations and was even urged to alter a report about a runaway train, according to a...
July 3, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Associated Press, July 3, 2019) ALBANY, N.Y. — Police are planning safety exercises at New York state rail stations. State security officials say the multi-agency emergency preparedness exercises will begin Wednesday at 2 p.m. State and local police will work...
July 2, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.masslive.com, July 2, 2019) SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — CRRC MA and the Philadelphia area’s transit system have agreed to a six-month extension on the delivery deadline for 45 Springfield-built double-decker commuter rail cars, in part so welds on the car shells...
July 2, 2019 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: ABC New York, July 1, 2019) TRENTON, N.J. — A fire on board an Amtrak work train forced the suspension of service on the Northeast Corridor during the height of the evening commute Monday. Amtrak and NJ Transit train service resumed in both directions by 6:30...
July 1, 2019 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Safety & Health Magazine, June 28, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly two years after the Federal Railroad Administration first published a final rule requiring commuter and intercity passenger railroads to develop and implement system safety programs, the...
July 1, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 28, 2019) New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy earlier this week signed into law a bill that would prohibit New Jersey Transit from asserting sovereign immunity to escape rail worker lawsuits under the Federal Employers’ Liability...
June 28, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Philly Voice, June 20, 2019) PHILADELPHIA — Two men have been arrested for the shooting and attempted robbery of a SEPTA conductor on a Regional Rail train in May, SEPTA police announced Thursday. Full story: Philly Voice
June 27, 2019 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Bloomberg, June 26, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak’s chief executive urged the Trump administration to provide federal funding and complete a key environmental review needed to advance the Gateway program of rail infrastructure projects in New York and New...
