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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 8, 2024
Metro Finishes Installing More-Secure Faregates
All 98 stations across the Metrorail system now have more secure, retrofitted faregates to deter fare evasion. The improvements have led to an 82% drop in fare evasion in the Metrorail system.
October 7, 2024
Amtrak and Partners Break Ground on New Philadelphia Train Maintenance Facility
Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner was joined on October 4th by Federal Railroad Administrator Amit Bose, White House Deputy Assistant to the President for Infrastructure Implementation Samantha Silverberg and Rail Passengers Association President & CEO Jim Mathews to celebrate the start of construction for Amtrak’s new heavy maintenance facility at Penn Coach Yard in Philadelphia.
October 4, 2024
Shore Line East Rail Line Service Changes Effective October 7, 2024
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) today announced two additional round trip trains and the resumption of direct service between Stamford and New London on Shore Line East will begin on Monday, October 7, 2024.
October 3, 2024
Amtrak, MTA, and NJ TRANSIT Release Feasibility Study as Next Major Step to Increase Capacity at New York Penn Station
Amtrak, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), and NJ TRANSIT released the engineering feasibility study, “Doubling Trans-Hudson Train Capacity at New York Penn Station” (NYP), that analyzes the potential of four concepts to double train capacity at the station during the peak period, as well as expand Amtrak Empire Service, without expanding the current station’s footprint.
October 3, 2024
Weekly Rail Traffic for the Week Ending September 28, 2024
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending September 28, 2024. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 507,537 carloads and intermodal units, up 1.6 percent compared with the same week last year.
October 2, 2024
Gateway’s Federal Contribution for the Hudson Tunnel Project
The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) announced that the Commission has executed the $3.8 billion Federal-State Partnership (FSP) Grant agreement with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), completing the $12 billion federal contribution for the Hudson Tunnel Project (HTP).
October 1, 2024
Biden-Harris Administration Makes More Than $1 Billion in Additional Funding Available to Support America’s Passenger Rail Future
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity announcing the availability of more than $1 billion in funding to expand and modernize intercity passenger rail nationwide through the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail Program for projects not located on the Northeast Corridor (Fed- State National Program).
October 1, 2024
Beauty, History, and Lasers on Tap for Fall at Metro-North Railroad
Changing seasons bring beautiful colors along the Hudson Line, slippery rails, and a big railroad birthday to Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Metro-North Railroad customers.
September 27, 2024
Norfolk Southern Names Brian Barr Vice President and Chief Mechanical Officer
Norfolk Southern Corporation has named Brian Barr as Vice President and Chief Mechanical Officer. In this role, Barr will lead mechanical operations across the company’s 22-state network, reporting to Chief Operating Officer John Orr.
September 26, 2024
Biden-Harris Administration Calls on Class I Freight Railroads to Guarantee Paid Sick Leave and Get to 100% Worker Coverage
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and U.S. Department of Labor Acting Secretary Julie Su today has sent letters to the CEOs of three Class I freight railroads – CPKC, CN, and CSX – calling on them to guarantee paid sick leave to all of their employees.
