Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz address an audience observing the first anniversary of the state’s CTrail Hartford Line operation at Hartford Union Station on Monday. Scott A. Hartley HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut’s Hartford Line is expected to have carried more than 630,000 passengers in its first year of operation over Amtrak’s […]
SNOW HILL, Md. — The Maryland & Delaware Railroad expects to resume freight service between Frankford, Del. and Snow Hill by the end of June, as soon as final repairs are completed. Most of the 24-mile line has been dormant for seven years. Local newspapers and television report the railroad has reached an agreement with […]
BOSTON — The operator of a Red Line subway train that derailed last week has been cleared of responsibility for the accident which injured two passengers, the head of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said Friday. General Manager Steve Poftak said the investigation was continuing, WBUR radio reported. Delays from the Tuesday derailment of the […]
BOSTON — The head of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority says the agency will seeks an outside review of its operations in the wake of two light-rail derailments in a four-day span and four so far in 2019. The Associated Press reports that MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak wants “a fresh set of eyes” to […]
Baldwin Locomotive Works No. 60000 is moved to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia in September 1933. It took five days to move the locomotive five blocks from 24th and Vine Street. Barry R. Nemcoff PHILADELPHIA – A $6 million grant from the Hamilton Family Charitable Trust will transform the Franklin Institute’s Train Factory exhibit, which […]
BOSTON — Saturday’s derailment of a Green Line light rail train appears to have been caused by operator error, according to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. The Boston Herald quotes MBTA Deputy General Manager Jeffrey Gonnevile as saying the derailment “does appear to be operator-related” at a meeting of the MBTA’s oversight board. At least […]
BOSTON – An MBTA Red Line subway derailment near the JFK/UMass station on Tuesday morning has injured one person and disrupted the morning Boston commute for thousands, the Boston Globe reports. According to the agency, shuttle buses are replacing Red Line service between North Quincy and Broadway and Ashmont to Broadway due to the derailment. […]
NEW YORK – The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Long Island Rail Road will start construction on a new Penn Station entrance at 33rd Street and Seventh Avenue on June 17, which will bring much needed improved access, while LIRR’s concourse will get wider corridors, natural light, and improved safety to the underground station. To help […]
TRENTON, N.Y. —New Jersey state senators have introduced a bill to create a commission to oversee construction of a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey, the latest step in trying to move forward the stalled Gateway project. NJSpotlight.com explains that the legislation would give the Gateway Development Corp., currently a small agency […]
New York’s subway system will test a new system to address long-standing problems with radio communications underground. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — Relief from communication problems for New York subway crews and riders is on the way, according to information from the Wheel Detection Forum 2019, held in Vienna, Austria. The International Railway Journal reports […]
An NJ Transit Stadler DMU leaves at Bordentown, N.J., on the way to Trenton on March 18, 2018. Service on NJ Transit’s River Line has been restored to normal levels today after wheel issues sidelined the equipment. Ralph Spielman TRENTON, NJ — Regular service has been restored on NJ Transit’s River Line service between Trenton and […]
BOSTON — Ten people were hospitalized with injuries Saturday morning when a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority light rail train derailed near Fenway Park. The MBTA Green Line train hit the side of a tunnel in the accident, the Boston Globe reports, with some injuries described as serious but not life-threatening. The train’s operator was among […]
