New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority to Study Train Service on Freight Line Key to ‘Triboro’ Rail Idea

By Dan Rivoli, Spectrum News NY 1; October 15, 2019 It’s been 95 years since passenger trains rumbled down the…

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Long Island, New York: Study of Old Rockaway Rail Line’s Revival Back on Track

By Jose Martinez, The City; October 1, 2019 A long-delayed study into whether it’s possible to reactivate a dormant Queens…

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Call to Study New Transit Line Linking New York City’s Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn

By Jeanmarie Evelly, citylimits.org; June 19, 2019 A more than 20-year-old proposal to construct an above-ground rail line connecting Brooklyn,…

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The Pizza-and-Beer Train: New York City’s Hidden Railroad

By Corey Kilgannon, The New York Times; April 7, 2019 Ask a New Yorker about their opinion regarding trains and…

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New York: Will Brooklyn’s Freight Trains Get Rolling Again?

By Chris Polansky, The Bridge; February 19, 2019 On occasional moments of quiet in Brooklyn, when the sounds of honking…

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Boston-bound Amtrak train from New York City stuck in Queens for hours, passengers say

By Vincent Barone, amNY.com; November 26, 2018 An Amtrak train shuffling holiday commuters out of New York City was stuck…

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New York City’s East Side Access last big push goes to Skanska

By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; November 1, 2018 The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) on Oct.…

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Long Island’s New York & Atlantic Railway creates video explaining how freight railroads benefit the communities they serve

It’s important for freight railroads to explain how they benefit the communities they serve, especially on Long Island in a…

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Amtrak, MTA need to join forces to finish new terminal in New York

By The Editorial Board, amNewYork; May 11, 2018 Far below the city, beneath the busy roads of Queens and Manhattan’s…

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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 York City: Return of Queens commuter rail feasible, but costly

By  Mischa Wanek-Libman, Editor, RT&S Magazine; February 8, 2018 A study conducted by AECOM on behalf of the New York…

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New York City: A first look at the Brooklyn-Queens Connector

By Reuven Fenton and Max Jaeger, New York Post; November 12, 2017 Well, this sure puts those old Brooklyn trolley…

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