February 7, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Reuters, February 6, 2019) LONDON/MONTREAL — The European Commission’s decision to block a tie-up between Alstom and Germany’s Siemens is fueling speculation over possible merger talks between the French rail business and Canada’s Bombardier, lifting both...
February 6, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: BBC News, February 6, 2019) LONDON — Brussels has knocked down a proposed French-German rail merger, designed to help Europe compete with China. The EU’s competition commission blocked the tie-up, saying uniting France’s Alstom with the rail arm...
February 5, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: www.nj.com, February 4, 2019) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit doesn’t need federal approval to resume service on three suspended rail lines that were sidelined for months to install Positive Train Control, Federal Railroad Administration officials said. The...
February 4, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, February 4, 2019) CHICAGO — Electric-powered commuter trains in the Chicago area are getting back to normal operations after Arctic cold played havoc with overhead powerlines and forced the shutdown of two major lines. Full story: Miami...
February 4, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Bloomberg, February 1, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — When American industrialist Henry Flagler decided to add Miami as a stop on his east coast Florida railway in the 1890s, the watery settlement had just a few hundred inhabitants. More than a century later, the...
January 31, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: www.phys.org, January 30, 2019) NEW YORK — Joe Kaeser, chief executive of German conglomerate Siemens, launched a rare broadside against the European Commission, complaining that “backwards-looking technocrats” threatened to block a planned rail...
January 31, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: UPI, January 31, 2019) CHICAGO — It’s been so cold in the Midwestern United States that some have taken to fight the freezing temperatures with fire. “One particular issue caused by winter weather is snow- and ice-clogged switch points, which can...
January 31, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, January 30, 2019) NEW YORK — The shutdown of most federal government agencies is over, at least until Feb. 15. Everybody knows that it wreaked havoc on many government workers, who were either laid off for the duration, or forced to work without...
January 31, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: North Jersey Record, January 30, 2019) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of NJ Transit and against an injured employee in a case that could leave hundreds of the agency’s rail workers without legal...
January 30, 2019 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: WNYC, January 29, 2019) NEW YORK — New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy called conditions in Amtrak’s North River tunnel “alarming,” after he and members of New Jersey’s congressional delegation surveyed the 108-year-old tunnel on Monday. Full story:...
