How much room do you really get on the train?

By Tara Nolan, Global Railway Review; February 16, 2018 Research published by Loco2, the only search and booking engine for…

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South Florida: West Palm group wary road work in preparation for new Tri-Rail connection will affect 1928 storm mass grave

By Tony Doris, Staff Writer, Palm Beach Post; February 18, 2018 WEST PALM BEACH —  It’s a quiet stretch of…

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Florida: Business leader pitches Tampa Bay light rail, but not on backs of local taxpayers

By Mitch Perry, Florida Politics; February 16, 2018 There are a lot of issues in the Tampa Bay area, but…

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A harrowing prospect from Amtrak for commuters

By LAUREN GARDNER, With help from Brianna Gurciullo, Stephanie Beasley and Tanya Snyder, Politico Morning Transportation; February 16, 2018 WHO…

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Chicago: Over 2 dozen CTA, Metra workers disciplined over speeding trains in past 5 years

By Robert Herguth, Chicago Sun-Times; February 16, 2018 Turns out that lead-foots in the Chicago area aren’t just on the…

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Report: Twin Cities’ light-rail lines attract $8 billion in development

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; February 16, 2018 The Metropolitan Council has reported $8.4 billion in developments along existing and planned…

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New Infrastructure Funding Sources Step Up in Canada

By Scott Van Voorhis, Engineering News Record; February 14, 2018 A shrinking budget deficit is usually good news, but a…

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New York & Atlantic Railway Workers Sue, Citing Discrimination and Low Pay

By COLIN MOYNIHAN, The New York Times; February 14, 2018 For more than a year, Mario Pesantez said, he was…

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New Jersey Transit trains could be banned from tunnels to New York City at end of year

By Jonathan D. Salant, NJ.com; February 15, 2018 WASHINGTON — NJ Transit trains could be kept out of the Hudson River tunnels…

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New Jersey Transit to Add Train Cars in Bid to Ease Chronic Overcrowding

By Elise Young, Bloomberg, February 15, 2018 New Jersey Transit is adding 40 train cars to relieve chronic crowding at…

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New Jersey Transit Has Worst Monthly Performance Since Penn Station Work

By Sandi Friberg, Bloomberg; February 15, 2018 New Jersey Transit in January had its worst monthly on-time rail performance since…

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Railroad officials tell Congress many won’t meet deadline for lifesaving automatic braking systems

By Ashley Halsey III, The Washington Post; February 15, 2018 A decade after Congress ordered the nation’s railroads to install…

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Thelma Drake next Federal Transit Administrator

By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; February 14, 2018 The White House announced late on Feb. 13 that…

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Massachusetts: Springfield Union Station preps for a bigger, busier 2018

By Jim Kinney, masslive.com; February 14, 2018 SPRINGFIELD — The people behind Springfield’s Union Station knew the place was popular.…

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Powerful LED-based train headlight optimized for energy savings

A press release from The Optical Society; February 13, 2018 WASHINGTON — Researchers have designed a new LED-based train headlight…

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New York: Metro-North’s legal costs soar to $90M for Spuyten Duyvil and other rail accidents

By Thomas C. Zambito, LoHud.com; February 12, 2018 Metro-North has spent nearly $90 million to resolve legal claims for deaths…

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Coalition seeks Northeast Corridor funding in Trump’s infrastructure plan 8 Shares Share Tweet Share Email Share

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; February 12, 2018 As President Donald Trump releases his long-awaited infrastructure plan today, a coalition of…

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California: Here’s the ‘artful’ way Sacramento is covering bad paint jobs on light rail trains

By Tony Bizjak, The Sacramento Bee; February 12, 2018 Sacramento Regional Transit has found an artful way of covering the…

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UK: Diesel is dying – let steam trains ride to the rescue

By Simon Jenkins, The Guardian; February 12, 2018 New ministers always go a little mad in the early days of…

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Maryland: Entire Baltimore Metro Subway System To Remain Closed For Up To 4 Weeks

By Amy Yensi, WJZ CBS Baltimore; February 11, 2018 BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration…

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Washington State: Rail car swap eases overcrowding on Sounder train

  By Melissa Slager, HeraldNet; February 10, 2018 Sound Transit on Monday adds an additional passenger car on the 7:15…

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White House releases 55-page, $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan

By Mallory Shelbourne, The Hill; February 12, 2018 The White House on Monday officially released a 55-page proposal for President…

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Boston: How a judge’s son got to be a commuter rail engineer despite multiple drunken driving charges

By Andrea Estes, Staff, Boston Globe; February 10, 2018 He was so drunk that August night in 2012 that his…

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New Jersey Senators Booker, Menendez slam Trump on rail safety as Democrats block nominee

By Curtis Tate, Staff Writer, NorthJersey.com; February 9, 2018 HOBOKEN — New Jersey’s U.S. senators ripped into the Trump administration…

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