CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Area Transit System has taken about half its light-rail fleet out of service after because of a wheel issue that led to the rapid development of a flat spot on one car, WCNC-TV reports. The North Carolina Department of Transportation ordered 22 of the older cars to be taken out […]
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MIAMI—South Florida commuter operator Tri-Rail will begin expanding its ridership base by initiating service to Brightline’s center-city Miami terminal next Saturday, Jan. 13, but Amtrak continues to delay moving its long-distance Silver Star and Silver Meteor from an isolated facility 80 blocks north of downtown at Hialeah to a modern Miami International Airport station that […]
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NEW YORK — Full service has been restored on New York City Transit’s 1, 2, 3 subway lines on Manhattan’s West Side following Thursday’s low-speed collision between two trains, which derailed both and blocked the route adjacent to the 96th Street station. The resumption of service was announced on the NYC Transit Subway X site […]
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SACRAMENTO — Alstom Transportation and Siemens Mobility are the two potential suppliers of trainsets for the California high speed rail project, the California High-Speed Rail Authority announced Friday. Their identification as qualified bidders follows the authority’s release of a Request for Qualifications in August 2023 and precedes the release of the Request for Proposals and […]
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NEW YORK — New York City Transit’s 1, 2, and 3 subway lines remain blocked by the remnants of a collision and derailment as of this evening (Friday, Jan. 5), but additional service has been restored, the transit agency announced. At least 24 people were injured in the collision and derailment of a No. 1 […]
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NEW YORK — Amtrak has cancelled or modified service for a number of trains in the Northeast beginning on Saturday, and taken similar steps for services in and around the Midwest beginning Sunday, according to a service advisory posted this evening (Friday, Jan. 5) on the Amtrak website and the Amtrak Alerts feed on social […]
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MIAMI — South Florida’s Tri-Rail will launch its long-delayed service to and from Brightline’s downtown MiamiCentral station on Saturday, Jan. 13, the commuter rail operator announced today (Friday, Jan. 5). Service will begin as a shuttle between the Metrorail Transfer Station in Hialeah on the current Tri-Rail route and MiamiCentral. Tri-Rail is terming the first […]
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NEW YORK — Subway service remains disrupted in parts of Manhattan to begin today (Friday, Jan. 5) following Thursday’s low-speed collision between two trains just outside the 96th Street station on the 1, 2, and 3 lines. The incident involving a No. 1 train carrying about 300 people and an out-of-service No. 1 train that […]
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ATLANTA — Norfolk Southern on Thursday released its inaugural Climate Transition Plan, which calls for significant improvements in fuel efficiency and increased use of renewable energy and biofuels. “Reducing the environmental impact of our operations is driven by our commitment to a cleaner and better planet for our employees, our customers, and our communities for […]
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ORINDA, Calif. — An error that sent the train onto the wrong track at an interlocking preceded Monday’s derailment of a Bay Area Rapid Transit train, according to a BART narrative of events that led to the derailment of two cars and a fire. Nine people were injured in the incident about 9 a.m. on […]
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CHICAGO — Service on the Chicago Transit Authority’s Yellow Line — the 4.7-mile route colloquially known as the Skokie Swift — will resume Friday, Jan. 5, ending a 50-day suspension following a collision between a Yellow Line train and a snow-clearing machine being used for training. Service will resume at approximately 4:45 a.m. Yellow Line […]
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NEW YORK — A New York City Transit subway train collided with an out-of-service train this afternoon (Thursday, Jan. 4) on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, derailing one train and injuring at least 24 people. The New York Times reports that the accident at about 3 p.m. involved a northbound No. 1 train moving at slow […]
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