Two NJ Transit Morris and Essex Line trains meet at the Maplewood, N.J., station. The train on the left is headed to Dover; the one on the right is bound for New York’s Penn Station. The proposed state budget for fiscal 2020 would provide an additional $100 million in funding for the transit agency. Ralph […]
AURORA, Colo. — A light rail vehicle was going more than three times the speed limit when it derailed on a curve in Aurora in January, ejecting a passenger whose leg was severed by the moving train, the Denver Post reports. The Post report on the Jan. 28 derailment is based on a police report […]
PHILADELPHIA – The police force of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has gone on strike as of 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Philadelphia Enquirer reports. The agency has 270 officers. SEPTA expects to deploy its 49 supervisors to patrol during the labor action, who will receive assistance from city police. […]
PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak service between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, Pa., remains suspended after problems with the overhead power lines stopped service on Monday, but the passenger railroad says service will be restored today. Amtrak’s notice on the outage does not indicate a projected time for the restoration of service, interrupted early Monday because of weather-related problems. […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California High Speed Rail Authority responded strongly on Monday to a Federal Railroad Administration intent to cancel funding and seek the return of federal grants, calling it “unwarranted, unprecedented, and harmful” to the state and nation. Those were the words of Brian Kelly, CEO of the authority, in a statement accompanying the […]
DENVER — The commission overseeing efforts to launch passenger rail service along Colorado’s Front Range has hired its first project director. Randy Grauberger, a long-time Colorado Department of Transportation staff member most recently employed at the engineering firm WP, has been hired by the Southwest Chief and Front Range Passenger Rail Commission. The group, created […]
UrbanX via YouTube NEW YORK — Will New York’s transportation network remain the same in 20 years? Probably not, according to a recent URBAN-X Forum for the Future panel held in Brooklyn. URBAN-X is a Brooklyn-based venture-capital firm that educates, invests in and advocates for companies shaping the future of cities through technology and design. […]
PHILADELPHIA — Amtrak has suspended all service between Philadelphia and Harrisburg because of problems with the overhead wire west of the Elizabethtown, Pa., station. The suspension was announced at 6 a.m. EST on Monday, and is in effect pending the completion of repairs. Watch Amtrak.com for updates. The passenger railroad had previously announced the cancellation […]
NEW YORK — Rail systems in the Northeast are operating with some delays and schedule alterations in light of a storm forecast to drop up to 10 inches of snow in New York City. As of 8:20 a.m. EST, New York’s MTA is reporting some delays on the Metro-North New Haven Line, and cancellations of […]
The driver of a garbage truck hit by this Amtrak charter has been acquitted of involuntary manslaughter in the Jan. 31, 2019, accident. Rep. Jeff Denham, via Twitter CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The driver of a garbage truck has been found not guilty of charges resulting from a 2018 accident in which his truck was hit […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – “A new statewide train system, over 700 miles in length, capable of travel at speeds up to 200 mph,” reads a 2005 brochure published by the California High Speed Rail Authority. The system will “carry as many as 68 million passengers annually by 2020.” Those dreams are stalled somewhere in the arid […]
NEW YORK — Operational changes and positive train control issues were discussion topics at a recent joint meeting of Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road committees. Specifically: ● The Long Island Rail Road revealed changes for its New York Penn Station Lower Level Concourse; a previous joint NJ Transit/Amtrak announcement of reworked space on the […]
