LOS ANGELES — The $106.9 million awarded to Metrolink by the California State Transportation Agency will allow the commuter operator to continue progress on its SCORE (Southern California Optimized Rail Expansion) intiative, a $10 billion capital improvement program with the goal of enabling service at 30-minute intervals throughout the day. The Metrolink program was among […]
BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is assembling a group of independent experts to assess ways to address the problems with manufacture of new rapid-transit railcars for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the Boston Globe reports. Healey said she was moving to address the problems with manufacturer CRRC during a visit Thursday to the MBTA’s […]
MIAMI — Tri-Rail commuter service to Brightline’s MiamiCentral station is now projected to begin this fall, according to David Dech, executive director of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority. The website Miami Today reports Dech made that projection last week during a presentation to the Citizens’ Independent Transportation Trust board. Tri-Rail, which currently has its […]
PORTLAND, Maine — The prospect of regular passenger service on a state-owned route between Brunswick and Rockland, Maine, received a big boost last week when Maine’s Department of Transportation budgeted $3 million to advance a two-year pilot project utilizing 1950s-era Budd Rail Diesel Cars. The Camden, Maine, Courier Herald originally reported the development. Northern New […]
SACRAMENTO — A $600 million award to L.A. Metro for its East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Corridor project heads the more than $2.5 billion in funding announced this week by the California State Transportation Agency for transit projects, most of them rail-related. The awards are to 16 projects, including funding announced earlier this […]
BOUND BROOK, N.J. — A group of 17 property owners have filed suit against NJ Transit and New Jersey’s Somerset County over damage from September 2021 flooding, saying their losses resulted from a stalled commuter train that prevented a flood gate from properly closing. NJ.com reports photos and videos from the Sept. 1, 2021, incident […]
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has included more than $5 million in funding for a second Chicago-Twin Cities passenger train in his recommendations for the state’s 2024-24 budgets. The La Crosse Tribune reports the recommendations include increases in the state funding in capital projects to reflect inflation, as well as funds to […]
CHICAGO — Citing “ongoing equipment issues,” Amtrak has cancelled one round trip of Wolverine service between Chicago and Detroit on Thursday, following similar cancellations today (Wednesday, Feb. 1), as well as other disruptions because of a Canadian National derailment Tuesday night in Detroit. Equipment problems are also being cited for a series of delays on […]
CHICAGO — Norfolk Southern’s effort to expand its 47th Street Yard on Chicago’s South Side has finally cleared a regulatory hurdle from the Chicago City Council. The Chicago Tribune reports that the council voted today (Wednesday, Feb. 1) to approve the land deal necessary for the railroad to expand the yard southward by adding intermodal […]
SAN CARLOS, Calif. — Caltrain will receive $367 million in state funding to complete electrification of its San Francisco-San Jose main line, the commuter rail operator announced Tuesday. The funds will come from the state’s Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, and prevents diversion of operation funding that Caltrain had identified as a possible source […]
CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Pacific reported strong fourth quarter earnings on Tuesday and expects to see volume growth this year despite economic uncertainty. The railway’s earnings call was a sideshow to the main event: The pending Surface Transportation Board decision on the proposed CP-Kansas City Southern merger. “We finished the year with the people, capacity […]
PENINSULA, Ohio — The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad is set to resume its regular operations this Friday, Feb. 3, ending a lengthy disruption caused by erosion adjacent to its right-of-way along the Cuyahoga River. The railroad announced the resumption on its Facebook page, beginning with Friday night’s Cleveland Dinner & Event train. Scenic excursions through […]
