Wednesday morning COVID-19-related rail news: — The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority will dramatically slash service on Thursday, April 9, suspending service on some of its Regional Rail lines, closing some subway stations, and decreasing bus and trolley frequencies as part of what it is calling “Lifeline Service.” SEPTA General Manager Leslie Richards told the Philadelphia […]
A Metro-North Waterbury Branch train arrives at the Bridgeport, Conn., station in August 2019. The state of Connecticut is expected to approve funding for new coaches for this and other commuter lines in the state. TRAINS: David Lassen More Tuesday morning rail news: — Connecticut is expected to approve $300 million in funding for new […]
The City of New Orleans stops at Hazlehurst, Miss., in May 2018. CN is not allowing the train to stop here when it makes its stop to switch passengers to and from buses further south at McComb, Miss. Bob Johnston CN’s trestle over the Bonnet Carre Spillway, as seen from an Amtrak Thruway bus in […]
A Sounder South commuter train arrives in Tacoma, Wash., in June 2018. Sound Transit will further reduce Sounder South service as of Wednesday. TRAINS: David Lassen Tuesday morning virus-related rail news: — Sound Transit has halted almost all construction because of the COVID-19 outbreak, stalling work on three light rail expansion projects. The Seattle Times […]
In April 2020, Classic Trains is celebrating the history, heritage, and splendor of the Pere Marquette Railway. Enjoy this photo gallery, originally published online in October 2017, as the perfect salute to the PM. Return each week for another salute to the railroad of the month! See what we did last week for the Pere […]
A northbound Amtrak Northeast Regional train passes through Princeton Junction, N.J., in August 2019. As of Monday, Northeast Corridor operations are down to 10 trains between New York and Washington. TRAINS: David Lassen WASHINGTON — Though his tenure as Amtrak’s next president doesn’t officially begin until April 15, William J. Flynn was introduced to employees […]
Pan Am Southern train 11R, with Norfolk Southern power, was the first to pass through the reopened Hoosac Tunnel on Saturday night. Norfolk Southern More Monday morning rail news: — Pan Am Railways’s Hoosac Tunnel in Western Massachusetts, closed since Feb. 12 because of the partial collapse of a wall, reopened Saturday night, Norfolk Southern […]
A Monday morning update on coronavirus-related rail news: — Twenty-two employees of New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority have now died from the COVID-19 virus, the agency reported on Sunday. That is more deaths from the disease than have been recorded in all but six states as of Friday, according to provisional CDC figures. FoxNews.com reports […]
Sunday rail news related to the coronavirus pandemic: — D.C. Metro will further reduce rail and bus service on Monday, with rail service ending at 9 p.m. and bus service ending at 11 p.m. Service will begin at 5 a.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. on weekends. In announcing the cuts, Metro said the decision […]
Amtrak has begun another round of service cuts as ridership declines continue because of the coronavirus. The latest changes, all effective Monday, April 6: — The Downeaster will reduce operations to one round trip a day, in keeping with Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ executive order that no one will use public transportation except for an […]
Saturday morning COVID-19-related rail news: — Several transit agencies have announced further service cuts. – Altamont Corridor Express will reduce service by an additional round trip as of Monday. Trains 5 and 6 are suspended until further notice; with trains 7 and 10 having been suspended in March, the service now provides two weekday roundtrips, […]
A cab car leads an inbound Metra North Central Service train as it halts at the Libertyville-Prairie Crossing station, with an almost empty parking lot, on Thursday afternoon, April 2, 2020. Metra is closing cab cars to passengers to protect train crews. TRAINS: David Lassen A Friday morning update of coronavirus-related rail news: — Metra […]
