February 25, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, February 24, 2022) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — SEPTA is preparing to sell up to $800 million in revenue bonds later this year to help fund projects such as a $35 million overhaul of a Bridgeport viaduct on the Norristown High Speed Line, rehab...
February 18, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Railroad Security
(Source: Television station WGN, February 16, 2022) CHICAGO — Metra Police have arrested a man in an armed robbery of a train conductor Tuesday afternoon. Full story: www.wgntv.com
February 18, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Orlando Sentinel, February 15, 2022) ORLANDO, Fla. — Brightline announced Tuesday that it has finished construction of tracks at Orlando International Airport. The South Florida company is closing in on completion of a 170-mile extension from West Palm Beach...
February 17, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, February 16, 2022) FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Brightline trains killed one person and seriously injured another in separate accidents less than 12 hours apart, the latest in a spate of collisions plaguing the higher-speed passenger trains since...
February 17, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: CBS New York, February 16, 2022) RONKONKOMA, N.Y. — A suspect is still on the run following a fatal shooting on a Long Island Rail Road train about to pull out of the Ronkonkoma station early Wednesday morning. Full story: CBS New...
February 15, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Contract Agreement, News
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, February 15 — On February 7, 2022, members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) ratified a new collective bargaining agreement with Metra (the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation, or NIRCRC). The...
February 15, 2022 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, February 14, 2022) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today published a report and supporting data files that measure the performance and service quality of...
February 15, 2022 | Commuter Rail, COVID, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 14, 2022) MTA New York City Transit’s (NYCT) subway ridership recently topped 3 million for three consecutive days, the first time the transit system surpassed that ridership mark since Dec. 17, 2021, when the omicron...
February 15, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Chicago Tribune, February 14, 2022) CHICAGO — A person earlier believed to have been hit by an inbound Metra train in Park Ridge actually suffered a “near miss,” a Metra spokeswoman said late Monday morning. Full story: Chicago...
February 14, 2022 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Northjersey.com, February 10, 2022) HOBOKEN, N.J. — The NJ Transit board unanimously approved a settlement a conductor who was working on a train that crashed into Hoboken Terminal on Sept. 29, 2016. Full story: www.northjersey.com
