February 7, 2020 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Bloomington Pantagraph, February 6, 2020) NORMAL, Ill. — A federal official supporting the proposed underpass in uptown Normal learned firsthand the value of the project. While visiting Uptown Station to go over plans for the underpass, Ronald Batory,...
February 7, 2020 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Politico, February 6, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fifteen Democratic U.S. senators tore into the Trump administration Thursday over delays in greenlighting construction of the Gateway tunnel, an $11.3 billion rail project that would create a new link between New...
February 6, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: Operation Lifesaver press release, February 5, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rachel Maleh, Executive Director of Operation Lifesaver, Inc. (OLI), today testified on the organization’s role in improving safety at grade crossings and along railroad rights of way,...
February 6, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 5, 2020) California, New York, Florida and Texas consistently logged the highest number of fatal railroad trespasser strikes by trains over a five-year period, according to a new report by the Federal Railroad Administration...
February 4, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Dallas Business Journal, February 1, 2020) DALLAS — The Federal Railroad Administration has agreed to hold a public hearing to seek comments from rural Texas county landowners and local officials that would be impacted by a proposed high-speed rail project...
January 29, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Trains Magazine, January 25, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A government report issued Friday says the Federal Railroad Administration provided inadequate oversight of federal funds granted to California’s high speed rail program, and as a result, $2.55 billion in...
January 23, 2020 | Amtrak, FRA, Headlines
(Source: The Evening Tribune, January 22, 2020) HORNELL, N.Y. — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has signed off on Amtrak’s permit application for a one-time movement of its just-constructed next generation high-speed train from the Hornell Alstom production...
January 13, 2020 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Safety and Health Magazine, January 10, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to a petition for rulemaking, the Federal Railroad Administration is delaying by 16 months the implementation dates of its Training, Qualification, and Oversight for Safety-Related...
January 9, 2020 | Amtrak, FRA, Headlines
(Source: The Evening Tribune, January 8, 2020) HORNELL, N.Y. — U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer on Wednesday urged the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to approve Amtrak’s permit application for a one-time movement of its just-constructed Next Generation...
January 9, 2020 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Florida Bulldog, January 9, 2020) TAMPA, Fla. — The owners of Brightline, the nation’s only privately funded and operated train, have been on notice for years that they weren’t doing enough to prevent fatalities on their tracks. Now, in just its third year of...
