OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific expects to file its revised Norfolk Southern merger application in March, CEO Jim Vena said on the railroad’s earnings call on Tuesday. The Surface Transportation Board on Jan. 16 rejected the railroads’ 6,692-page merger application as incomplete. The application, filed on Dec. 19, didn’t include enough information on post-merger market […]
NEW YORK — Construction of the Hudson River Tunnel project on the Northeast Corridor is on the verge of halting because of the withholding of federal funds, the agency overseeing the project said on Tuesday, Jan. 27. Funding for the $16 billion project to build a new two-track tunnel between New Jersey and New York’s […]
BNSF does not expect full recovery from the winter storm that swept across its network until early next week, the railroad said in a Tuesday, Jan. 27, customer advisory. CSX says in its own Tuesday advisory that it continues to work to fully restore operations, while Union Pacific said Tuesday during its quarterly earnings call […]
Rail service in the Northeast is inching closer to normal following disruptions caused by last weekend’s severe winter weather. NJ Transit commuter rail and SEPTA Regional Rail have both resumed regular schedules today (Wednesday, Jan. 28), although scattered delays and cancellations are reported. Similar delays and cancellations are reported on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, […]
ALBANY, N.Y. — Amtrak will restore the full Empire Service schedule between New York Penn Station and Albany-Rensselaer in early March, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said today (Tuesday, Jan. 27). The move will restore cuts made to accommodate Amtrak’s East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Project. It will also end a proposal to extend one Metro-North […]
NORTHFIELD, Mass. — No injuries were reported in a slow-speed derailment of Amtrak’s Vermonter this afternoon in Northfield, at a junction of the Berkshire & Eastern and New England Central railroads. Northfield Fire Chief Floyd Dunnel told WBBG and WSHM-TV that 113 passengers were on board the southbound train, and remained on the train with […]
As a major storm moved across the Midwest and East last week, railroads told customers they would alter train operations because of the conditions. RailState, the company that monitors operations through trackside sensors, has produced data showing what those changes looked like in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana. RailState compared the storm period, Jan. 24-26, to […]
BERKELEY, Ill. — Seven suburban communities along Union Pacific’s east-west main line are organizing to pursue representation in the UP-Norfolk Southern merger proceedings. A memorandum to the president and board of the Village of Berkeley in Cook County says the community was contacted by the other six communities — Elmhurst, Lombard, Glen Ellyn, Wheaton, and […]
OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific today reported record financial and operational results for 2025 despite a drop in fourth-quarter operating income. “The Union Pacific team delivered our best ever full year across safety, service and operating excellence,” CEO Jim Vena said on the railroad’s earnings call on Tuesday morning. “As we close out the year, […]
DORVAL, Quebec — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is renewing its call for enhanced train control systems and other measures to reduce the risk of accidents following release of its investigation report on a 2024 incident in which an unoccupied VIA Rail Canada train passed a red signal. No collision or injuries resulted. The […]
BOSTON — Keolis North America will remain operator of Virginia Railway Express under a new contact awarded under a competitive procurement process, the company has announced. The new contract is effective July 2026 and has the potential to expand to 15 years. It continues Keolis operations of the VRE commuter service that began in 2010. […]
CHESTERTON, Ind. — The Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District has named David Dech, executive director of the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, as its next president. Dech will succeed Michael Noland on March 16 as president of the agency overseeing South Shore Line commuter rail service. Noland announced his plans to retire in November [see […]
