LONDON — The impact of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union is only now becoming apparent to British passenger and freight rail operations, with freight traffic delayed and the Eurostar passenger operation, in particular, facing severe challenges. The UK formally left the European Union Dec. 31, with a limited free-trade deal agreed at […]
Tuesday afternoon rail news: Unions seek increased security for Washington, D.C., Amtrak service The leaders of two major rail unions have requested that the Federal Railroad Administration and Department of Homeland Security to address security vulnerabilities and protect riders and workers of Amtrak service in and around Washington, D.C., in the wake of the Jan. […]
Portal Bridge funds get final FTA approval The Federal Transit Administration has given final approval to funding for replacement of New Jersey’s Portal Bridge. It is the final step to complete an agreement approved by NJ Transit last month [see “Digest: Transit officials hold ‘virtual rally’ …,” Trains News Wire, Dec. 10, 2020]. NJ.com notes […]
Tuesday afternoon rail news: Contractor says high speed rail agency’s failures are delaying work, leading to layoffs A major contractor in California’s high speed rail project says state failures have resulted in delays that could cause the project to miss a key 2022 federal deadline. The Los Angeles Times reports that construction firm Tutor Perini […]
Dramatic increase in COVID cases led to reduction of MBTA commuter rail service The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s December reduction in commuter rail service reflected a dramatic upswing in COVID-19 cases among the workforce of contract operator Keolis. State House News Service reports that the rail operator, which had 43 reported cases in the first […]
WASHINGTON — Colorado Pacific Railroad and parent company KCVN have asked the Surface Transportation Board to reject a request for permission to lease and operate Colorado’s Tennessee Pass line, charging the filing from Rio Grande Pacific subsidiary Colorado Midland & Pacific contains “materially false and misleading statements and representations.” It makes those claims regarding details […]
Monday morning rail news: DC Metro’s stimulus money should prevent service cuts, layoffs DC Metro will avoid significant proposed budget cuts for bus and rail service, thanks to $610 million it will receive from stimulus package passed by Congress at the end of December. The Washington Post reports Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority board members […]
More Monday morning rail news: MTA, mayor say no plans exist to restore 24-hour subway service, even with 24-hour vaccination sites New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority has no current plans to restore 24-hour subway service, a policy Mayor Bill de Blasio says is one where “the state and city were on the same page.” Streetsblog […]
An electric multiple-unit trainset for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Metro-North Railroad is hardly an everyday sight in suburban Chicago. This train of four Metro-North M8 railcars passed through Elmhurst, Ill., on the Union Pacific last Friday. The cars, en route to the New York area from Kawasaki Rail Car’s plant in Lincoln., Neb., are part […]
Still more Monday morning rail news: New York to connect High Line to Moynihan Train Hall New York’s High Line, the former elevated rail line turned into a hugely popular Lower West Side park, will be expanded with a 1,200-foot elevated walkway connecting the 1.45-mile linear park with the newly opened Moynihan Train Hall adjacent […]
By: Will Adams WINONA, Miss. — Production crews from Kapital Entertainment of Los Angeles are working this week in north Mississippi to recreate an Illinois Central passenger train that will play a key role in “Women of the Movement,” an ABC-TV series expected to air later this year. The circa-1950 passenger train consists of three […]
Monday midday rail news: Schultz joins STB, giving board a full five members Michelle Schultz has been sworn in as the newest member of the Surface Transportation Board, giving the agency overseeing rail regulation a full five members for the first time since a law expanding its membership passed in 2015. Schultz has spent the […]
