Led by the “Salute to Veterans” cab car, an Amtrak Hiawatha kicks up snow as it passes through the Healy Metra station in Chicago on Dec. 30, 2018. Service on the Hiawatha and other trains from the Chicago hub is being modified in advance of severe winter weather. TRAINS: David Lassen CHICAGO — With extreme winter […]
An E Line light rail train approaches the Arapahoe at Village Center station on Denver’s light rail system. An extension of the E, F, and R lines will open in May. TRAINS: David Lassen DENVER — A 2.3-mile extension of Denver’s light rail system is scheduled to open May 19, adding three new stations. The […]
NEW YORK — New York City Transit will stop accepting delivery of new cars from Bombardier until the company fixes problems on existing cars, Reuters reports. The news agency says that NYC Transit President Andy Byford told a Metropolitan Transportation Authority committee meeting that Bombardier is not making a case to win future orders, based […]
A Metro-North M-8 trainset passes through Port Chester, N.Y. Similar equipment will be used on the new service in the East Bronx. Ralph Spielman NEW YORK — The Metropolitan Transit Authority delayed voting on a potential fare increase at its Thursday meeting, pushing back a decision for at least a month. A unanimous vote (with […]
NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit’s Atlantic City line and Princeton Dinky shuttle rail line will not open until spring, the agency’s executive director says. New Jersey 101.5 radio reports that restoration of the Atlantic City line and the connecting the Northeast Corridor to the Princeton University campus, are being held up because of continuing engineering […]
PHILADELPHIA — The Solari board at 30th Street Station is to be removed this weekend. Area media have reported that the elderly device, dating back to the 1970s and noted for its click-clacking alpha-numeric split-flaps, will be replaced by a digital screen. The Solari, named for its Italian manufacturer, was the last one in use […]
ATLANTA — With the city bracing for the arrival of a huge number of visitors for Super Bowl week, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority is anticipating anywhere from 30,000 to 90,000 additional daily riders, expanding schedules to accommodate the influx. Numerous road closures will make driving to the game a poor choice. “Please, please, […]
FRANKFORT, Ill. — Metra CEO Jim Derwinski is scheduled to appear at a town hall meeting by an Illinois state senator on safety concerns arising from a November incident at a grade crossing in Mokena, Ill. State Sen. Michael E. Hastings, D-Tinley Park, Ill., will host the Feb. 12 meeting at the Lincoln-Way East High […]
NORFOLK, Va. — Amtrak will add a second train to Norfolk beginning March 4, the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot reports. Amtrak spokeswoman Kimberly Woods told the newspaper the schedule has yet to be finalized, but a press release from the city of Norfolk said the train will have a mid-morning depature. The new train, like the current […]
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority NEW YORK — News came on Tuesday that the Bronx will get four new Metro-North stations on a century old line. This newest link in Metro-North’s operations will access Penn Station via the New York Connecting Railroad from New Rochelle NY over the Hell Gate Bridge to Sunnyside, Queens, using […]
CHICAGO — For the second time in recent years, debris has fallen on people and a platform serving Metra passengers at the north concourse of Chicago Union Station. The latest incident occurred at Track 5 about 5 p.m. Tuesday. Two people were taken by Chicago Fire Department personnel to a hospital for treatment, but were […]
NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has proposed replacing the AirTrain monoral at New Jersey’s Liberty International Airport, a project which could cost $2.1 billion. The current system which opened in 1996, is nearing the end of its 25-year lifespan and is beginning to show its age, according to a report from New […]
