SAN FRANCISCO – Nearly seven decades after being built, PCC streetcars are still earning their keep in San Francisco and thanks to a recent rehabilitation effort, the streamlined cars will be doing so for years to come. Since 2014, Brookville Equipment Corporation has been rebuilding 16 PCC cars for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. […]
Type of Train: Passenger/Transit
Washington city wants Point Defiance Bypass to stay closed until all recommended safety installations are complete NEWSWIRE
A view of the wreckage of derailed Amtrak Cascades Train 501 on Dec. 18, 2017. Steve Carter SEATTLE — The city council in Lakewood, Wash., has approved a resolution asking the Washington State Department of Transportation and Amtrak not to reopen the Point Defiance Bypass until all of the National Transportation Safety Board’s recommendations are […]
Long road ahead for Illinois Amtrak route improvements NEWSWIRE
A Metra train leaves Big Timber Road west of Elgin in 2014. A connection will be built to Union Pacific rails to Rockford in the foreground Bob Johnston CHICAGO – Although Illinois lawmakers and newly-elected Gov. J. B. Pritzker, a Democrat, enacted the state’s first infrastructure capital spending legislation in a decade [see “Illinois passes […]
MBTA Red Line subway derailment injures one, disrupts morning commute NEWSWIRE
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. […]
MTA begins work to rebuild 7th Avenue Penn Station entrance, and expand LIRR concourse NEWSWIRE
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 […]
New Jersey legislation would create agency to oversee tunnel project NEWSWIRE
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 to try new subway communication system NEWSWIRE
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 […]
Regular service restored on NJ Transit River Line NEWSWIRE
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 […]
Gulf Coast corridor wins federal grant to restore passenger service NEWSWIRE
Crowds greet a New Orleans-Jacksonville, Fla., inspection train at Mobile, Ala., on Feb 18, 2016, at the former site of the Amtrak station where the Sunset Limited last stopped in 2005. Most Mobile port trackage and CSX’s main Mobile yard east of this station would not be materially impacted by Mobile-New Orleans trains to the […]
Ten injured in MBTA light rail derailment NEWSWIRE
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 […]
Derailments disrupt Amtrak service NEWSWIRE
TOLEDO, Ohio — A Thursday night derailment near Toledo has disrupted service on the Capitol Limited and Lake Shore Limited, leading to bus bridges today for both trains. It is one of two derailment-related service interruptions for Amtrak in 24 hours. Early Thursday morning, eight cars of a Union Pacific frac sand train derailed in […]
Extension of San Jose light rail approved NEWSWIRE
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority has approved a 2.4-mile extension of its light rail system, connecting the Eastridge Transit Center in east San Jose to the existing light rail station at Alum Rock, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Construction will begin in 2020, with service expected to start in […]
