WMATA derailment on agency’s Blue Line
Passengers riding a Washington, D.C. Metro train at about 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12 experienced a significant disruption to their travel plans.
Passengers riding a Washington, D.C. Metro train at about 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12 experienced a significant disruption to their travel plans.
NJ Transit has begun utilizing two AquaTrack machines to clean and remove leaves from the rails throughout the fall season.
SEPTA’s King of Prussia Rail Project has taken an important step forward. The project has received entry into the Project Development Phase under the Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment Grant program.
A second passenger train has derailed in the U.S., and investigators are trying to figure out what caused the accident in North Carolina.
Cybersecurity continues to be a major threat to the integrity and stability of our nation’s railroad network, and the Department of Homeland Security is planning for the future.
Engineering excellence was recognized in New York earlier this week.
Officials in Virginia do not want the Tide to lose a wave of momentum.
Sound Transit opened the Northgate light-rail extension over the weekend.
RT&S Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson covers the top news stories of the week.
With BNSF not allowing the use of tracks for the Metro Blue Line Extension Project in the Minneapolis suburbs, officials are now in the process of going door to door.
NTSB tells the railroads they must use the new worker protection system in PTC.
SEPTA announced last week plans to develop a vision for Regional Rail through a yearlong analysis and public feedback process.
The FTA is concerned about worker safety.
Baltimore’s Black Butterfly needs to get out of this non-transit cocoon.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers have gift-wrapped everything for the Tri-Valley/San Joaquin Valley Regional Authority.
Apparently, people believe STV is just too close with Ottawa’s Confederation Line.
Carlos Swonke, former director of environmental affairs for the Texas Department of Transportation, has joined HNTB Corporation as a national practice consultant.
The Eco-Rapid Transit Board of Directors unanimously approved Alternative 1 of the 19.4-mile light-rail line that will connect Artesia to downtown Los Angeles.
Environmental assessments have become standard events for just about all rail projects, including new lines, line expansion, and some types of repair.
Tyler Graf, with TriMet, reports on weekend construction on the MAX Red Line.