May 4, 2023 | Commuter Rail, COVID, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May 2, 2023) Ridership rose to 11.3 million in the quarter, 59% of ridership recorded in Q1 2019, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) officials said in a press release. Full story: Progressive...
May 3, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, May 3, 2023) The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen has for years been trying to win higher wages for SEPTA Regional Rail engineers, which are the lowest on U.S. passenger railroad systems. Another demand: that SEPTA hire...
May 3, 2023 | BNSF, Commuter Rail, CPKC, Headlines, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, May 2, 2023) The Surface Transportation Board has denied requests by Metra and BNSF Railway to participate in an upcoming technical conference to determine details of metrics reported by Canadian Pacific Kansas City to the board, as required...
May 2, 2023 | Amtrak, Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, May 1, 2023) Imagine going back 40 years to early 1983. The only passenger trains running along much of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor (NEC) were operated by Amtrak itself. Otherwise, what was (and still is) the nation’s busiest passenger railroad...
April 20, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: WBUR, February 19, 2023) Federal regulators ordered the MBTA to overhaul its strategy for keeping crews safe when they are on or near subway tracks following five “near misses” between trains and workers, plus a separate employee injury, in the...
April 6, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Television station WCVB, April 5, 2023) Millions of dollars meant for repairs and maintenance on the MBTA Commuter Rail system were stolen through a fraud scheme involving a high-ranking engineer and the former general manager of an electrical company,...
April 3, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 31, 2023) Union Pacific Railroad announced yesterday it’s working with Metra to “safely and seamlessly” transfer UP’s Chicago commuter rail operations to the passenger railroad. Full story: Progressive...
February 16, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Contract Negotiations, Headlines
(Source: www.nj.com, February 15, 2023) Locomotive engineers are upset with a salary offer from NJ Transit and may start voting with their feet, either by taking jobs with other commuter railroads that pay more, or going on strike, union leaders said. Brotherhood of...
February 16, 2023 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 15, 2023) The Federal Railroad Administration yesterday announced an additional $2.2 billion in funding is being made available for the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Grant Program. Full story:...
February 14, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: CNN, February 14, 2023) New Jersey Transit, one of the largest commuter rail services in the country, is now facing the same kind of labor problems that nearly brought service on the nation’s freight railroads to a halt last year. The Brotherhood of...
