State-Amtrak Intercity Passenger Rail Committee asks Congress for dedicated rail funding

By Chris Galford, Transportation Today News; January 31, 2018 A panel made up of state officials and Amtrak representatives has,…

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Fort Worth, Texas is getting rid of ‘the T.’ Will you still be able to catch a bus or train?

By Gordon Dickson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; January 31, 2018 Fort Worth is getting rid of the T. But it’s not…

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Irish Rail ordered to pay €16,000 for false imprisonment of passenger

From The Journal.ie; January 31, 2018 IRISH RAIL WAS guilty of having made “unwarranted slurs” in court against a 26-year-old…

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Montreal: Exporail train museum keeps track of winter

By Sarah Deshaies, Special to Montreal Gazette; January 26, 2018 Snow is both a pleasure and a chore, and two…

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New York: State lawmakers grill New York City transit agency chief during budget hearing

By The Associated Press, New York Daily News; January 25, 2018 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Millions of dollars being spent…

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New Jersey Transit’s Engines Parked as Train-Control Software Won’t Work

By Elise Young, Bloomberg; January 23, 2018 New Jersey Transit’s race to fulfill a federal mandate for emergency train-braking has…

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Ontario: Metrolinx launches ‘cheeky’ book on how to behave on public transit

From CBC News Toronto; January 24, 2018 GO Transit has produced a book on how to behave on its buses…

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A reporter’s story: I’ve covered NJ Transit for 20 years, here’s what I think Governor Murphy may find in his audit

By Larry Higgs, NJ.com; January 24, 2018 When I first started covering NJ Transit, the agency wasn’t considered a national…

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At least three dead after commuter train derails near Milan, Italy

By Emilio Parodi and Francesca Landini, Reuters; January 25, 2018 SEGGIANO DI PIOLTELLO, Italy (Reuters) – At least three people…

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Wales: Dog escapes his home in the Valleys and catches a train to Cardiff

By Marcus Hughes, Reporter, Wales Online; January 22, 2018 A dog who escaped from his Valleys home and caught a…

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The Daily CSX: CSX considers sale of former Boston & Albany line

By Eric Anderson, The Albany Times-Union; January 24, 2018 CSX Transportation is considering the sale of as much as 8,000…

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Bombardier Rail Chief Sees 10% Sales Growth Extending Into 2018

By Frederic Tomesco, Bloomberg; January 23, 2018 Bombardier Inc. expects to see another year of 10 percent sales growth from…

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Amtrak to improve access at Latrobe, Pennsylvania train station

By Jeff Himler, Trib Live; January 24, 2018 Amtrak intends to make changes at its train station in Latrobe to…

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Governor Phil Murphy appoints Kevin Corbett to turn around troubled New Jersey Transit

By Curtis Tate, Staff Writer, NorthJersey.com; January 23, 2018 Only a week in office, Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday tapped…

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