First of two parts NEW ORLEANS — Confetti cannons that showered Amtrak’s 10-car Mardi Gras Service inaugural special as it headed to Mobile, Ala., on Aug. 16, 2025, have moved on to other celebrations. Meanwhile, the twice-daily, New Orleans-Mobile round trips have proven that the day’s enthusiasm has survived the transition. The next tasks: completion […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California legislature today (Sept. 13, 2025) passed a bill allowing a ballot measure for a sales tax in five Bay Area counties to help fund public transit in the area. SB 63, introduced by state Sens. Scott Wiener and Jesse Arreguin, would place the measure on the November 2026 ballot. It […]
NEW YORK — The Staten Island Railway has completed its conversion to a fleet of R211 subway cars, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has announced. In an event at St. George on Staten Island, MTA officials celebrated the fact the isolated 14-mile, 21-station segment of the New York City Transit rail system now has a full […]
DALLAS — Dallas Area Rapid Transit will launch its new commuter rail Silver Line on Saturday, Oct. 25, the agency announced today (Sept. 12, 2025). Rides will be free on the first day — and free rides will continue through Nov. 8, DART says, to give everyone the chance to experience the new service firsthand. […]
NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has urged commuters to work from home or stay with friends and family in or near New York City in case of a strike by Long Island Rail Road workers, while announcing “limited service options” in the event of a work stoppage. Approximately 300,000 riders will be impacted […]
CALGARY, Alberta — Genesee & Wyoming Canada will build and operate a rail terminal that will serve a new Gasia Energy Corp. complex in the Alberta Industrial Heartland northeast of Edmonton. G&W announced today that a new subsidiary, Alberta Heartland Railway, has entered into various agreements with Gasia, including the long-term lease of more than […]
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — Canadian National and CSX executives today touted cooperation — not combination — as the best way to convert freight from highway to rail. While Union Pacific has proposed an $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern to create the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S., CN CEO Tracy Robinson says interline partnerships […]
BALTIMORE — CSX plans to resume operations through the Howard Street Tunnel and over its hurricane-damaged Blue Ridge Subdivision ahead of schedule, CEO Joe Hinrichs said today. Trains will begin running through the Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore during the last week of September. The tunnel on CSX’s I-95 corridor has been closed since Feb. […]
NEW YORK — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declined to say Wednesday whether she would ask President Donald Trump to appoint a Presidential Emergency Board to head off a potential strike by five Long Island Rail Road unions, and claimed that the Trump administration was responsible for the possibility of a walkout as soon as […]
EDMONTON, Alberta — The Canada Infrastructure Bank has reached financial close on a $72.1 million (U.S.) loan to Cando Rail & Terminals for expansion of its Sturgeon Terminal in the Alberta Industrial Heartland. The project will double the size of the terminal, which currently handles car supply for a dozen industrial customers in the Edmonton […]
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — Norfolk Southern CEO Mark George says the rail industry is ready to put periodic service crises in the rearview mirror — and regain market share lost to trucking in the process. “We went through … more than a decade where service crises happened every couple of years,” George told an investor […]
SEATTLE — In a milestone for Sound Transit’s ongoing expansion of its light rail network, a light rail train operated across Lake Washington’s Interstate 90 floating bridge late Monday night (Sept. 8, 2025). It was not only the first time a Sound Transit train has crossed that bridge under its own power, but, according to […]
