GO Expansion on the Stouffville Line will offer more frequent service during middays, evenings, and weekends – giving customers more flexibility to schedule what is most important and everything else in between.
By a 5-2 vote, the Bossier (La.) City Council voted to permanently close Old Shed railroad crossing over Union Pacific tracks.
When COVID-19 appeared and began to spread in the United States, many passenger operations shut down, including Brightline, which suspended service in March 2020.
Officials in Wilmington, N.C., want to take railroad tracks out of the equation at several locations.
Winter in Canada sees more rail/highway grade crossing accidents during the winter than during any other season of the year.
Is the path to the passage of a major infrastructure bill already growing weeds? Sound Transit looks at later project completion dates to help temper affordability gap Unusual rail movement at grade
When railroad tracks move the way they weren’t made to move, an investigation is necessary.
Dangerous is not always pulled after the expiration date.
Spring traditionally marks the beginning of construction season across the Chicago region and the Metra system is no exception. Work has already started on Metra’s 2021 construction program and will continue throughout summer and fall.
In this episode of Rail Group On Air, RT&S Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson talks with the leaders behind the LIRR Mainline Expansion Project.
The Illinois Commerce Commission approved its annual five-year Crossing Safety Improvement Program to begin implementing highway-rail safety capital projects for local roads across the state.
Miscommunication in Picayune, Miss., had both commuters and railroad workers red-faced, but for entirely different reasons. Work at grade crossings on Jan. 11 caused instant traffic issues after the company behind the
The University of North Carolina-Pembroke would like to be part of the equation. Pembroke plans on executing grade crossing work this summer, and during a meeting on Jan. 4 a spokesperson for
FRA publishes final rule for state highway-rail grade crossing action plans Maryland to pay $250 million in Purple Line settlement U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao announces $544.3 million in federal funding
Transportation technology firm TRAINFO has introduced an app that provides drivers with predictive highway-rail grade crossing blockage information so they can avoid traffic delays and safely approach crossings. TRAINFO technology shares “when, where,
Politico is reporting that there will be a hearing on railroad grade crossing safety in the House today, and representatives from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Norfolk Southern, Operation Lifesaver, and some from
The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is running on-schedule. Delays hit a three-year low in 2019, and much of the success is due to the LIRR Forward program.
Every year, 2,100 North Americans are killed or seriously injured when they engage in unsafe behavior around tracks and trains. Operation Lifesaver, a nonprofit organization operating in the U.S. and Canada, works
The U.S. DOT Inspector General recently issued a report on the Federal Railroad Administration’s methods for obtaining and managing grade crossing accident statistics. The FRA gathers data on these accidents, then uses
The horror of grade crossing accidents has been with us since the first railroad turned a wheel. Even before automobiles, farmers and others carrying heavy wagon loads in horse-drawn trailers perished at
