Boston & Maine 4-6-2 3664 on train 241 to Portsmouth, N.H., paces E7 3811 on train 147 to Portland, Maine, at Somerville, Mass., on Aug. 8, 1946. Albert G. Hale The history and major events of B&M For 150 years the Boston & Maine Railroad was an integral part of northern New England, beginning with […]
A Metra Electric express train passes the 111th Street/Pullman station. Several Chicago-area civic organizations are urging support for a plan to increase service and reduce fares on Metra lines serving the South Side. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — A group of Chicago-area civic organization have urged Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle […]
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will purchase 80 more bilevel commuter coaches from Hyundai-Rotem, the agency announced last week. Boston.com reports the cars will begin to arrive in September 2022 and will eventually replace 62 single-level coaches overdue for retirement. The new cars will increase daily capacity by more than 14,000 seats, and […]
MODESTO, Calif. — Modesto and neighboring communities have begun station preparations for the launch of Altamont Corridor Express commuter service in their area, which could come as early as 2021. Manteca, Ripon, Modesto, and Ceres will be served by the first phase of construction a southern branch of ACE service extending from Stockton; that branch […]
SAINT-DENIS, France — France’s state-owned rail company, SNCF, and its Belgium counterpart, SNCB, have proposed a merger of the Eurostar and Thalys high speed rail companies to create one operator that would serve five countries. The proposal, labelled “Green Speed,” was announced Friday. The combined company would serve England, France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. […]
LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s reconstructed Blue Line is set to fully reopen the week of Oct. 28, a spokesman for the agency tells Trains News Wire. The system’s oldest operating light rail line has been undergoing a major renovation and modernization in two phases, shutting the southern half from January to […]
Denver’s RTD has announced a delay to mid-2020 for the opening of its N Line, originally slated to begin service in 2018. TRAINS: David Lassen DENVER — The Denver-area Regional Transportation District has announced that the opening of its commuter-rail N Line will be delayed again, and officials in at least two of the cities […]
Part of the funds will go to New York City Transit for new signaling and equipment, station improvements, and track replacement. Subway riders on the nation’s largest transit system can expect to see more work trains, such as this one at the West 4th Street station in Manhattan, for system upgrades in the next five […]
APTA recommendations for Congress Richard Wronski WASHINGTON — The CEO of the American Public Transportation Association Congress Tuesday to boost federal funding to meet growing needs and new technology, reform existing programs and policies, and address the difficulties facing those agencies. At a hearing before the House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, titled, […]
An afternoon NJ Transit train arrives Short Hills Station in April 2017. The Morris and Essex line here is the positive train control proving grounds for the rest of the NJ Transit system. New multiple-unit cars expected to arrive in the mid-2020s will replace locomotives on most trains. Ralph Spielman NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit “still […]
WASHINGTON — Commuter railroad executives testifying before Congress on Tuesday spoke at length about money and red tape. The American Public Transportation Association’s chief testified before congress but so did Jim Derwinski, CEO/executive director of Metra; Peter Rogoff, CEO of Sound Transit; and Stephanie Wiggins, CEO of Metrolink. Derwinski said Metra, and the commuter rail […]
John Wories, Amsted Rail president John Wories, Amsted Rail president, gestures during comments he gave in a panel discussion at the 2019 Railway Interchange conference in Minneapolis on Tuesday. H. Michael Yuhas MINNEAPOLIS — It was the final question in Tuesday’s hour-long panel discussion involving three CEOs at the Railway Supply Institute’s Educational and Technical […]
