November 10, 2021

MTA Metro-North Railroad Receives Top Rail Safety Award from the American Public Transportation Association for Third Time in Six Years

MTA Metro-North Railroad today announced it was the recipient of the American Public Transportation Association’s 2021 Gold Award for Commuter Rail Safety for an innovative system that allows train dispatchers to ensure worker safety by de-energizing tracks at the touch of a button, streamlining a process that formerly involved manually filling out paper forms.

November 9, 2021

Amtrak Winter Park Express Back For The 2022 Winter Season

November 8, 2021

NJ Transit Will Add Train Service Effective November 14th

Beginning Sunday, November 14, NJ TRANSIT adds nearly two dozen weekday trains and makes other important adjustments to the schedule to offer rail customers additional travel options throughout the system.

November 8, 2021

CN Advances Sustainability Efforts With Wabtec’s Battery-Electric Locomotive

CN is proud to announce its purchase of Wabtec’s FLXdrive battery-electric freight locomotive, the first 100 percent battery heavy-haul locomotive for the region in support of CN’s sustainability goals.  This new technology is a key component in achieving an effective transition to a lower carbon future. Recognizing the potential of the initiative, Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection awarded financial support for the initiative under the Marine and Rail Freight Movers Grant Program.

November 2, 2021

OmniTRAX Takes Over Rail Operations within Indiana’s River Ridge Commerce Center

OmniTRAX, Inc., a comprehensive supply chain logistics solutions provider and the transportation affiliate of The Broe Group, has officially begun operations as the new rail partner of Southern Indiana’s world-class industrial and business development park, the River Ridge Commerce Center.

November 2, 2021

Governor Hochul Announces Renewal of White Plains Metro-North Station

New York Governor Kathy Hochul  announced the completion of the full-scale $95 million renewal of MTA Metro-North Railroad’s station in downtown White Plains, which has transformed the station into a state-of-the art complex. The renovation began in 2018 as part of Metro-North’s Station Improvement Initiative to bring a more customer friendly atmosphere for commuters.

November 1, 2021

Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern File Merger Application with STB

Canadian Pacific Railway Limited  and Kansas City Southern on October 29  announced they have jointly filed a railroad control application with the Surface Transportation Board (“STB”) regarding the proposed transaction to create Canadian Pacific Kansas City (“CPKC”), the only single-line railroad linking the United States, Mexico and Canada.

November 1, 2021

MBTA Announces Green Line Extension Opening Schedule Revisions

The MBTA announced revisions to the opening of the Union Square Branch of the Green Line Extension (GLX).  Due to challenges reaching productivity targets for the completion of the project’s first traction power substation as well as other key construction and testing activities, the Union Square Branch will open in March 2022

November 1, 2021

Amtrak Debuts New Ticket Kiosks With National Rollout

Amtrak announced today that it is introducing over 200 new kiosks in more than 150 stations across the country for an improved customer experience. Amtrak’s new kiosks will feature an updated user interface consistent with other Amtrak digital channels that allows for a minimum touch experience for the most common in-station transactions.

October 31, 2021

Governor Hochul Marks East Side Access Milestone With LIRR Test Ride to Grand Central

New York Governor Kathy Hochul today joined the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to take a special Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) test train to Grand Central Terminal and gave the public one of the first-ever looks at the new 350,000-square-foot East Side Access passenger terminal there. This is the largest new train terminal to be built in the United States since the 1950s and the first expansion of the LIRR in more than 100 years. Together with the LIRR third track project, the new connection will add 50 percent to the LIRR’s capacity into Manhattan with up to 24 trains per hour and cut travel time for Queens and Long Island commuters traveling to the east side by 40 minutes per day. It will also reduce crowding on commuter rail, at Penn Station and on the subway by dispersing commuters and allowing passengers to go directly to Grand Central Terminal from destinations across Queens and Long Island. The new commuter rail route and concourse officially open in December 2022.