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Keep up to date on the latest railroad news from the northeastern United States and Canada, edited by Carl Perelman.
October 30, 2024
NJ Governor Murphy joins NJ Transit to Showcase Brand New Multilevel Rail Car
Governor Phil Murphy and NJ TRANSIT President & CEO Kevin S. Corbett today previewed the next generation of multilevel rail cars, modernizing the fleet which will significantly improve reliability, capacity and customer comfort. The latest generation of multilevel rail cars was unveiled at an event at NJ TRANSIT’s Meadows Maintenance Complex (MMC) in Kearny.
October 30, 2024
MBTA Showcases Future Green Line Type 10 Vehicle Mockup at Boston City Hall Plaza
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) celebrated the arrival of a future Green Line Type 10 vehicle mockup at Boston City Hall Plaza, giving the public a chance to be inside and offer feedback to MBTA representatives.
October 30, 2024
AAR Reports Weekly Rail Traffic for the Week Ending October 26, 2024
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending October 26, 2024. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 519,415 carloads and intermodal units, up 4.2 percent compared with the same week last year.
October 29, 2024
Maryland Governor Moore Commends Launch of Double-Stack Rail Operations at Port of Baltimore
Governor Wes Moore yesterday commended the launch of double-stacked rail operations to and from the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore. Part of the Howard Street Tunnel Project, the significant milestone is critical to making Maryland more competitive, opening new opportunities for intermodal rail service in the Northeast and from the Port of Baltimore to Midwest markets, generating thousands of new jobs, and delivering critical benefits to the region months earlier than expected.
October 29, 2024
Interborough Express Connecting Queens and Brooklyn Moves Forward
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to solicit consultant bids to begin the preliminary engineering phase of the Interborough Express (IBX), which is expected to take approximately two years. This represents a major step in the design of the transformative transit project which will connect communities in Brooklyn and Queens to 17 subway lines, 51 current bus routes, the Long Island Rail Road at the East New York Station, as well as significantly reduce travel times within and between the two boroughs.
October 29, 2024
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $2.4 Billion in New Rail Projects to Improve Safety, Strengthen Supply Chains and Grow America’s Freight and Passenger Rail Networks
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced more than $2.4 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for 122 rail improvement projects in 41 states and Washington, D.C. These projects will make rail safer, more reliable, and more resilient, getting goods and people where they need to be quickly with fewer disruptions, lower shipping costs and less pollution.
October 28, 2024
Amtrak Advances Major Power System Upgrades Along Critical Segment of the Harrisburg Line
Amtrak has awarded the first of three crucial construction contracts for the Zoo to Paoli Electrification Transmission Line Program. HNTB was selected for project and construction management support for the substation at Bryn Mawr and the Bryn Mawr to Paoli segment of the overall project.
October 25, 2024
MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber Appoints Demetrius Crichlow as the 12th President of New York City Transit
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chair and CEO Janno Lieber has named three officials to senior strategic roles, including Demetrius Crichlow as the 12th permanent president of New York City Transit. Crichlow takes the role after serving over four months in interim capacity and after a decades long career at the MTA. As president, Crichlow will oversee the 50,000-person workforce, including operations for New York City subways, buses, paratransit services, and the Staten Island Railway.
October 24, 2024
Train Service on the Metro-North Waterbury Branch Line Resumes Monday, October 28
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) alerts riders that train service on the Metro-North (MNR) Waterbury Branch Line resumes on Monday, October 28 with the 4:45 a.m. train from Waterbury and the 7 a.m. train from Bridgeport.
