Metra offers free rides on New Year’s Eve
Hoping to help its customers end the year on a positive note, Metra will offer free travel on all trains arriving at or departing from Metra’s downtown stations after 6 p.m. on
Hoping to help its customers end the year on a positive note, Metra will offer free travel on all trains arriving at or departing from Metra’s downtown stations after 6 p.m. on
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) [Friday] announced service changes on the line to accommodate track and switch replacements along the line beginning at the end of the month. Over the course of
The National Transportation Safety Board issued Rail Accident Report 20/04 Thursday for its investigation of the Aug. 2, 2017, CSX Transportation, Inc. freight train derailment and release of hazardous materials near Hyndman, Pennsylvania.
If you’ve ever been around railroads in the Washington, D.C. area, you’ve seen the trains of two commuter rail lines—Virginia Railway Express (VRE) and the Maryland Area Regional Commuter (MARC) service. Yesterday,
The MBTA and Keolis Commuter Services announced today that, due to low employee availability because of COVID-19 absences, Commuter Rail will temporarily operate a Reduced Service Schedule starting Monday, December 14. Regular
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and the Transit app [Tuesday] released the APTA Ridership Trends dashboard, a new resource providing up-to-date, week-by-week estimations of public transit ridership for agencies across the
On Monday, RT&S reported on the dire situation public transit agencies find themselves in due to loss of ridership caused by the pandemic. Yesterday, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) held
Editor’s Note: Rail traffic for the week ending Dec. 5, 2020 essentially repeated the same pattern we’ve seen in the past several weeks. Total carloads (carloads + intermodal) are up, carloads are
Loram Maintenance of Way, Inc. is pleased to announce, effective January 1, 2021, Georgetown Rail Equipment Company (GREX) will start doing business as Loram Technologies, Inc. With the name change, Loram and
The Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) was awarded two state grants by the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to continue work on the Light Rail Modernization Project, which will improve access, reliability and
Amtrak, the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) and the Delaware Transit Corporation (DTC) recently completed a $71.2 million project to increase capacity between Wilmington and Newark, Del. on the Northeast Corridor. This
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) last Friday announced forthcoming track and accessibility work along the Flushing line and on the 42 St , detailing the alternative service changes that will accommodate customers
Maintaining efficient railroad operations while ensuring overall safety is an essential part of the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) mission. Automation-aided technologies have the potential to save lives and improve safety while improving
“[We’re experiencing] the longest, most severe period of supressed ridership for any of the nation’s public transit systems” is how the New York Times characterized the situation facing U.S. public transit in
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced that for nine days of traditionally low ridership between the Christmas and New Year holidays, the 53rd Street Tunnel, which carries the and train lines between Queens and Manhattan, will be
While COVID-19 has been with us since the beginning of 2020, and transportation leaders devoted thousands of hours to determine how to make public transportation safer during the pandemic, the autumn and
Wabtec and RATP, a Paris region operator as well a major international public transport operator, announced this week a partnership to test Wabtec’s innovative Green Friction braking solution. The test will study
The National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association (NRC) announced today that Holland LP National Sales Manager Maggie Vuono has been named to its Board of Directors. Vuono is a newly elected board
BNSF experienced a derailment early this morning in Vado, New Mexico. There isn’t a lot of detail available at present, but BNSF released the following statement: “At approximately 5:30 a.m. central 12
Norfolk Southern is actively working to restore service following two mainline derailments. At approximately 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 1, Norfolk Southern experienced a mainline derailment approximately 20 miles west of Cleveland, OH.