March 22, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Pioneer Press, March 21, 2019) ST. PAUL, Minn. — Advocates for high-speed rail to Chicago are now adopting a less ambitious goal. They now want to establish a second train daily between St. Paul and Chicago — traveling at roughly the same speed as the...
March 21, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 20, 2019) U.S. Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) on March 14 introduced the Transit Infrastructure Vehicle Security Act (S. 846), which proposes to prevent federal funds from being used by transit agencies...
March 21, 2019 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Daily Herald, March 20, 2019) CHICAGO — Metra forged ahead with plans for new railcars with cupholders and greener locomotives Wednesday even as leaders fumed about something beyond their control — the tracks out of Union Station. Amtrak apologized for...
March 20, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Television station Pix 11, March 20, 2019) NEW YORK — Threats of a critical engineering shortage are preventing the New Jersey Transit to get back on track. Gov. Phil Murphy (D-NJ) and state officials acknowledged the shortage on Tuesday while pushing for an...
March 19, 2019 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Editorial in the New York Post, March 18, 2019) NEW YORK — With Team Trump blocking funds for a new cross-Hudson train tunnel, it’s time for New York and New Jersey officials to draw up a Plan B. Full story: New York Post
March 18, 2019 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, March 15, 2019) NEWARK, N.J. — A $13 billion project to build a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey received another blow from federal authorities Friday in the form of a rating that continues to make it ineligible for critical...
March 18, 2019 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Television station WABC, March 15, 2019) SEACAUCUS, N.J. — Senator Bob Menendez announced new restrictions Friday on the Hackensack River aimed at easing the stress on the Portal Bridge. Under the Coast Guard order, all marine traffic on the Hackensack River...
March 14, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.njbiz.com, March 13, 2019) NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Transit Executive Director Kevin Corbett called training and hiring engineers a priority on Wednesday during a Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey forum called “Roads, Rails, and...
March 13, 2019 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, March 12, 2019) NEWARK, N.J. — Raritan Valley Line riders won’t learn when their direct off-peak New York trains will return, until NJ Transit works out a new spring schedule around Amtrak’s planned summer track work in Penn Station New York. Full...
March 13, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: NBC Philadelphia, March 12, 2019) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — The Fraternal Order of Transit Police — Lodge 109, which represents 178 officers sworn to protect riders and property on trains, buses and trolleys and at area stations, and SEPTA management reached a...
