U.S.: Design-Build Team Makes Decision to Leave Maryland Purple Line Rail Project

By Jim Parsons, Engineering News-Record; May 2, 2020 The design-build consortium for Maryland’s $2-billion Purple Line light-rail system plans to…

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Opinion: How Britain’s love affair with trains ran out of steam

By Sheena McKenzie, CNN; July 16, 2019 London (CNN) – Britain has a love-hate relationship with its railways. The Victorians…

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Among the headaches Gavin Newsom will inherit as governor: California’s troubled bullet train project

By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times; December 28, 2018 Gov. Jerry Brown has devoted half a century of political knowledge…

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Scotland: ScotRail passengers face train overhaul delay

By Alastair Dalton, The Scotsman; September 28, 2018 Long-distance ScotRail passengers may have to travel in unrefurbished second-hand trains because…

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Cancellations, Delays Plaguing Already Embattled New Jersey Transit

By DAVID PORTER, Associated Press, U.S. News & World Report; August 7, 2018 NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Several months after…

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Boston: Transit system plagued by near-constant service issues

By Staff Writer, Boston Herald; February 26, 2018 The MBTA has been plagued with delays, derailments and maintenance problems that…

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Christmas train CHAOS: Station closures set to continue ‘worst year ever’ on UK railways

By Jon Coates, Sunday Express; December 10, 2017 The Christmas rip-off will see travellers using Southeastern services pay double the…

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Help on the way for furious Miami Metrorail passengers: The first new train in 33 years

By Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald; November 30, 2017 Metrorail launched its first new train Thursday since Ronald Reagan was a…

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New Jersey Transit Delays Got Worse in September After New York Penn Repairs Completed: Report

From NBC 4 New York; October 13, 2017 If you thought your NJ Transit commute was worse in September than…

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