CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The Southern Environmental Law Center has filed suit against the North Carolina Railroad Co., in a dispute over records the organization requested from the railroad company, but were denied. In a statement issued Monday, the SECL announced that it had filed suit in Wake County (N.C.) Superior Court after the railroad company […]
Tag: Passenger/Transit
The $4 billion question: Why would VIA Rail Canada build a new Toronto-Montreal route? NEWSWIRE
TORONTO — VIA Rail Canada’s plan to cobble together a new Toronto-Montreal-Quebec City passenger corridor from abandoned, lightly used, and new rail lines inched closer to reality last week with the approval of $71 million in funding for further studies. But it raises a question: Why spend more than $4 billion to build a new […]
Three Pennsy cars will celebrate 1949 ‘Broadway Limited’ NEWSWIRE
PRR tail car Frank Thomson will bring up the markers on the special move to celebrate the 1949 Broadway Limited. Note the replica sign. Rudy Garbely NEW YORK — Three Pennsylvania Railroad Broadway Limited cars from the streamlined 1949 edition of the train will celebrate 70 years of service July 12-14 when they operate New […]
Former MBTA employee pleads guilty to stealing $450,000 in fares NEWSWIRE
BOSTON — A former Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority worker has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $450,000 from bus and trolley fare boxes. The Associated Press reports that Stephen Fagerberg, 55, was caught when investigators planted marked bills in fare collection boxes Fagerberg was supposed to service. Those bills then ended up in his personal […]
New Jersey budget includes record funding for NJ Transit NEWSWIRE
TRENTON, N.J. — NJ Transit will receive its largest general-fund subsidy in state history as a result of the Fiscal 2020 budget signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy on Sunday. NJ Transit will receive a supplemental allocation of $150 million in general fund support for a total subsidy of $457.5 million. Sunday’s signing, after […]
New SEPTA cars from CRRC to be delayed
PHILADELPHIA — The delivery of 45 new Regional Rail cars for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority will be delayed into 2020. The agency’s board learned of the delay at its meeting last week. At the same meeting, it approved $34.2 million in contracts to build a new station in Ardmore, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. The […]
NTSB to meet on 2018 fatal Amtrak-CSX collision NEWSWIRE
WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board has announced it will hold a board meeting on July 23 to determine probable cause of the Feb. 4, 2018, collision of Amtrak and CSX Transportation trains near Cayce, S.C. The engineer and conductor on the Amtrak train were killed, and more than 90 others on board required […]
Indiana town says goodbye to ‘Hoosier State’ — and to trains as a daily travel option NEWSWIRE
Shelbi Hoover, Paul Utterback, and Dr. Helen Hudson help prepare the Crawfordsville, Ind., station on Saturday, June 29, the day before the final run of the Hoosier State. Bob Johnston Passengers and volunteers greet the final northbound Hoosier State as it arrives in Crawfordsville, Ind., on Sunday. Bob Johnston CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. — Seven passengers boarded the […]
America’s Transit Challenge: Part V NEWSWIRE
Construction underway on an Alstom-powered fully automated transit system in Montreal. REM, Montreal This article is the last of five on transit in the U.S. and North America. Read parts One, Two, Three, and Four online. Early one morning, sometime late in 2020, more than a dozen light rail trains will come to life at […]
Google introduces ‘crowdedness’ predictions for public transit NEWSWIRE
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google is rolling out a feature in its Maps app that will predict how crowded your public-transit train or bus will be. The feature, announced Thursday, will be available for about 200 cities worldwide. The company has been receiving reports on crowdedness on transit from Google Maps uses since October 2019. […]
MTA automation could come from New York-Israel trade partnership NEWSWIRE
Technology resulting from a New York-Israel trade program could eventually lead to automation of New York subways, Gov. Andrew Cuomo suggests. Ralph Spielman JERUSALEM — Automation software for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority could be part of a program announced Thursday by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo during a trade mission to Israel. Cuomo announced a […]
New Jersey governor touts NJ Transit improvements NEWSWIRE
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy rode this NJ Transit train to a Thursday press conference touting improvements in the commuter railroad’s service, noting the train was on time and the trip was “wonderful.” Ralph Spielman SECAUCUS, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy joined NJ Transit President and CEO Kevin Corbett and state Department of […]
