OPINION A revised ONTC mandate could allow extended passenger rail service in Northern Ontario

By Lucille Frith, Spokesperson for NEORN, BayToday.ca; January 31, 2018 Corina Moore, ONTC CEO spoke last week about the future…

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State DOTs, regulators and railroads collaborate on grade crossing upgrades, closures

By Julie Sneider, Senior Associate Editor, Progressive Railroading Magazine; January 2018 Despite a decrease in the number of grade crossing…

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Train carrying GOP lawmakers hits truck in Virginia

By Melanie Zanona, The Hill; January 31, 2018 A train carrying Republican lawmakers to their GOP retreat in West Virginia…

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Report: FRA chief counsel Reyes serving as acting administrator

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; January 30, 2018 Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Chief Counsel Juan Reyes has become the agency’s acting…

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Next Stop: Your Room, at the World’s Best Railway Hotels

By Michael Kaminer, The Points Guy; January 27, 2018 Railway hotels conjure a sepia-toned, steam-shrouded era of travel, when rival…

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Why It’s So Expensive to Build Urban Rail in the U.S.

By Alon Levy, CityLab; January 26, 2018 In late December, The New York Times published a bombshell article by Brian…

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San Antonio, Texas: SunsetStation has been a transportation hub for more than a century

From San Antonio Express News; January 29, 2018 A century-old train station east of downtown was renovated during the late…

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CTrail in New England: How New Haven to Springfield line will work, cost to build it, ticket prices, train schedules and its MBTA connection

By Jim Kinney, The Republican, masslive.com; January 29, 2018 Anyone who has hit traffic jams at the junction of interstates…

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Texas Central announces proposed downtown Dallas high-speed rail station site

By Ray Leszcynski, Communities, Dallas News, The Dallas Morning News; January 29, 2018 Texas Central Partners announced this morning that…

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Chicago: Why Canadian Pacific needs every inch of its Bensenville rail yard

By Claire Bushey, Crain’s Chicago Business; January 26, 2018 The freight cars lining the rail yard tracks just south of…

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Inside Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac’s 125th Celebrations with GM Robert Mercure

By Linda Barnard, Travel Pulse Canada; January 28, 2018 Fairmont Le Château Frontenac kicked off its year-long 125th anniversary celebrations…

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Canada’s Oil Producers, in Standoff With Railways, Sit Out Oil-Price Rally

By Vipal Monga and David George-Cosh, The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Fox Business News; January 28, 2018 TORONTO…

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Tokyo Metro starts playing background music on subway trains on trial basis

From The Japan Times; January 29, 2018 Tokyo Metro Co. has started playing classical and “healing” background music inside some…

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Former train conductor says safety is virtually non-existent at Amtrak

By Tatevik Aprikyan and Q13 News Staff, Q13 Fox; January 28, 2018 SEATTLE – Just over a month after Amtrak Train…

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UK: 7,000 new train carriages `will transform journeys´

By Press Association, Daily Mail; January 29, 2018 More than 7,000 new train carriages are being introduced to Britain’s railways,…

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All Aboard Florida: If you dash in front of a train and get killed, how is it the train’s fault?

By Gil Smart, TCPalm.com; January 29, 2018 Here’s a question for you: Last week a dashcam video uploaded to YouTube…

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Irish Rail phases out ‘quiet carriages’ due to mobile phone use

By Joyce Fegan, Irish Examiner; January 27, 2018 Irish Rail is phasing out ‘quiet carriages’ on all trains due to…

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Scotland: Up to 20 ScotRail trains a day skip their scheduled stops

By Alastair Dalton, The Scotsman; January 28, 2018 The number of ScotRail trains skipping stops – one of passengers’ greatest…

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California: Amtrak train evacuated in Moorpark after man’s behavior raises concerns

By Gretchen Wenner, Ventura County Star; January 27, 2018 An Amtrak train was evacuated Saturday morning in Moorpark after a man…

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Forum Media Group acquires Progressive Railroading magazine and its conference business

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; January 29, 2018 Trade Press Media Group Inc., a 100-plus-year-old Milwaukee-based business media company, has been…

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Japan: Storm over stranded train: Did social media overreact?

By Ong Hwee Hwee, Digital Editor, The Straits Times; January 28, 2018 In Japan, trains are known for their punctuality,…

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Rail report prioritizes north-south passenger routes through Springfield, Massachusetts

By James F. Lowe, masslive.com; January 26, 2018 BOSTON — A draft report from the state Department of Transportation gives top…

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New Massachusetts DOT plan includes East-West rail study, after years of legislative struggle

By Dan Glaun, masslive.com; January 26, 2018 A newly-released draft of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s 2018 rail plan includes a…

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Citizens group promotes bringing a passenger rail service back through Rockford, Illinois

By Kourtney Adams, WIFR CBS 23; January 26, 2018 ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) — There’s been talk of bringing a passenger…

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