WASHINGTON — An audit report released by Amtrak’s Office of Inspector General on Monday suggests the company can upgrade its communications with patrons “to improve the customer experience,” but possible steps to do so onboard trains were beyond the scope of the inquiry. The report, “Opportunities exist to better use data to improve the customer […]
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MOUNT CARMEL, Pa. — For the first time in decades, a passenger train Saturday (April 20, 2024) covered the full length of Reading & Northern Railroad’s Mahanoy & Shamokin Branch, carrying 194 riders aboard a trio of Budd Co. Rail Diesel Cars. Sponsored by the affiliated Lehigh Valley Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society […]
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln on April 15, 1865, sent a Civil War-battered country into 20 days of national mourning. At the center of it all was a black-draped train, slowly and sadly carrying the former commander in chief’s body from Washington, D.C. to his hometown of Springfield, Ill. The U.S. rail network is no […]
PIERRE, S.D. — South Dakota’s transportation secretary has injected a note of reality into discussion of possible Amtrak service in the state. That discussion gained life in February with the inclusion of two routes serving South Dakota among the 15 in a Federal Railroad Administration report on its ongoing Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study [see […]
CHESTERTON, Ind. — The South Shore Line will introduce expanded schedules on Tuesday, May 14, signaling the completion of the Double Track project between Gary and Michigan City, Ind. “The final completion of Double Track allows for the addition of 14 weekday trains, revised times, reduced travel times, and new, limited-stop express service,” Michael Noland, […]
NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has received a $33.2 million federal grant to help aid resiliency efforts at the Westchester Train Yard, the primary facility for the No. 6 line, the busiest line in the New York City Transit subway system in 2023. The facility in the Bronx is the home for all […]
PITTSBURGH — Wabtec will work with the Australian Rail Track Corp. to help develop interoperability of the country’s rail system, the two companies have announced. Wabtec will work to develop the interoperability standard between ARTC’s Advanced Train Management System and European Rail Traffic Management System 2, also used in Australia. “ARTC recognizes the complex challenge […]
WASHINGTON — Data analysis can help Amtrak avoid fraud in the procurement process as it deals with historic amounts of funding for infrastructure projects, Amtrak’s Office of Inspector General says in a new report. The report issued Wednesday, April 17, is a follow-up to one last year that identified procurement and contracts as one of […]
WASHINGTON — Five commuter rail leaders alerted members of Congress to long-festering issues at a hearing on Capitol Hill today (Wednesday, April 17). It is unclear if the lawmakers are prepared to champion changes suggested by witnesses during the session by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Railroads’ Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee, “Commuter rail […]
TORONTO — Toronto’s UP Express won’t be introducing express trains after all. A day after provincial transit agency Metrolinx announced plans to make every other Union Pearson Express train an express between Toronto Union Station and the city’s Pearson Airport, Ontario’s transportation minister has cancelled that plan in the face of immediate and significant opposition. […]
WASHINGTON — Amtrak on Tuesday announced it has released a Request for Information seeking information on zero-emission technologies for the company’s rail fleet as a step toward eliminating its current diesel locomotive fleet. “Finding the cleanest technologies to carry customers across our vast network will be transformative as we deliver a new era of rail,” […]
