Railpace Hot News
Keep up to date on the latest railroad news from the northeastern United States and Canada, edited by Carl Perelman.
June 30, 2025
Pittsburgh Regional Transit Board Adopts FY 2026 Budget
Pittsburgh Regional Transit’s Board has approved the agency’s Fiscal Year 2026 operating and capital budgets.
June 30, 2025
MBTA Opens New North Wilmington Station on June 30
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has announced that the new North Wilmington station on the Haverhill Commuter Rail Line will open on Monday, June 30, 2025.
June 27, 2025
SEPTA Board Approves FY26 Budget with Devastating Service Cuts & Fare Increases
Without action in Harrisburg to provide new funding for transit, on June 26 the SEPTA Board voted to approve the Fiscal Year 2026 Operating Budget, which will cut service by 45% and raise fares 21.5% to fill a $213 million recurring budget deficit.
June 26, 2025
Maryland Transit Administration Releases MARC Growth and Transformation Plan
Following a comprehensive analysis and extensive stakeholder and community engagement, the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration has announced the publication of the MARC Growth and Transformation Plan. This Plan is a major milestone in advancing future rail initiatives and outlines 5-year, 10-year, and unconstrained service scenarios. The Plan details service opportunities, projects needed to achieve each scenario, associated costs and next steps for Maryland’s passenger rail service. The full plan is available at mta.maryland.gov/marc-growth-plan.
June 25, 2025
New York Governor Hochul Announces MTA to Purchase More Than 300 Modern Commuter Railcars
Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Finance Committee approved the purchase of M-9A Passenger Railcars today, June 23. This order includes 316 M-9A cars — 160 cars will be allocated to the Long Island Rail Road’s (LIRR) fleet and 156 for Metro-North Railroad.
June 25, 2025
Next Phase of NJ Transit’s Raritan River Bridge
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, joined by NJ TRANSIT and State officials, to celebrate the groundbreaking of the next critical phase of the new Raritan River Bridge on the North Jersey Coast Line (NJCL). This kicks off construction and installation of the center span that lifts vertically to allow for marine traffic to pass underneath and will replace the current 117-year-old swing bridge, which rotates open. The bridge connects rail traffic between Perth Amboy and South Amboy across the Raritan River.
June 25, 2025
AAR Reports Weekly Rail Traffic for the Week Ending June 21, 2025
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 21, 2025. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 487,328 carloads and intermodal units, up 0.4 percent compared with the same week last year.
June 23, 2025
Delaware Lackawanna’s D&H RS3 and PA News
Genesee Valley Transportation and “the” Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad has repainted historic former D&H RS-3, #4068 into the Delaware & Hudson lightning stripe scheme at their Von Storch shop in Scranton Pennsylvania.
June 20, 2025
NIH to Fund Long-Term Health Studies for East Palestine After Train Disaster
At the urging of Vice President JD Vance, under the leadership of U.S. Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched a five-year, $10 million research initiative to assess and address the long-term health outcomes stemming from the 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
June 19, 2025
AAR Reports Weekly Rail Traffic for the Week Ending June 14, 2025
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 14, 2025. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 485,810 carloads and intermodal units, down 1.5 percent compared with the same week last year.
