A Japanese rail company issued an official apology after a train left 25 seconds early

By Alexandra Ma, Business Insider; May 15, 2018 A Japanese railway company has issued an official apology after one of…

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Downtown Line in Singapore to trial system showing how full train cars are

By Adrian Lim, Transport Correspondent, The Straits Times; May 15, 2018 Downtown Line MRT commuters will soon get a better…

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New York State: Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority wants to redevelop stand-alone rail stations into mixed-use projects

By Jonathan D. Epstein, The Buffalo News; May 14, 2018 Imagine leaving your Buffalo apartment in the morning, going downstairs,…

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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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Central Florida: Here’s how many riders SunRail expects its newest stations to have

By Veronica Brezina, Staff Writer, Orlando Business Journal; May 14, 2018 SunRail is chugging toward opening its $186.9 million Southern…

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Behind the Scenes of Brightline, Miami’s Privately Funded Train Project

By Martin Vassolo, Miami Herald, Tribune Content Agency, GovTech.com; May 11, 2018 (TNS) — Past several blocks of machinery and…

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Japan’s famously polite train commuters lose their cool sometimes. There were 825 attacks last year

By Julian Ryall, South China Morning Post; May 14, 2018 Issei Izawa only started university in April, but he already…

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Behave yourself! New Jersey Transit will be watching you on the train

By Larry Higgs, NJ.com; May 11, 2018 NJ Transit is installing surveillance cameras inside trains, joining other regional transit agencies…

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New Jersey Transit makes Forbes best employers list, riders howl in disbelief

By Larry Higgs, NJ.com; May 10, 2018 NJ Transit’s self-proclaimed slogan is “the way to go” and according to Forbes,…

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Marshall, Texas City Commission passes resolution in support of Marshall’s Amtrak agent

By Robin Y. Richardson, The Marshall News Messenger; May 11, 2018 The Marshall City Commission approved, on Thursday, a resolution…

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U.S. Sen. Durbin asks feds to help improve Amtrak speed on Carbondale route in Illinois

By Dustin Duncan, The Southern; May 10, 2018 CARBONDALE — U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin pressed the Federal Railroad Administration Thursday…

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All Aboard Florida’s Brightline to begin service to Miami May 19

A Staff Report, TCPalm.com; May 11, 2018 Brightline ticked off one more milestone Friday when it unveiled MiamiCentral, its downtown…

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Former Amtrak President and CEO asks about his former company – Amtrak: Where is the public input? Where is the transparency?

By Joseph A. Boardman, Railway Age Magazine; May 10, 2018 Having spent much of my productive life at the state…

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California: Salinas commuter rail extension project gets $10 million SB 1 gas tax grant

By Jim Johnson, Monterey Herald; May 9, 2018 Salinas >> A long-sought Transportation Agency for Monterey County project aimed at…

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At Washington Union Station, new technology that detects explosives, weapons is tested

By Neal Augenstein, WTOP; May 9, 2018 WASHINGTON — New security technology that can help detect if a would-be terrorist…

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Why the makers of Texas’ high-speed rail line want to connect to Amtrak

By Gordon Dickson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; May 9, 2018 Texans who look forward to the day when they can take…

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A Brief History of Luxury Trains Between Washington, DC and New York City

By Benjamin Freed and Elaina Plott, Washingtonian; May 9, 2018 Before speed came luxury. Beginning in 1882, Washington VIPs got…

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Massachusetts: Springfield Union Station will get new $8.2 million rail passenger platform by November; MassDOT awards contract to Framingham company

By Jim Kinney, masslive.com; May 8, 2018 SPRINGFIELD — Work will begin later this month on a revamped Platform C…

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UK: ScotRail faces record fines over ‘disappointing’ passenger service failures

From Rail Technology Magazine; May 8, 2018 ScotRail is facing record-high fines after multiple failures to hit performance targets set…

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Worst Job in America: Responding to Irate Tweets From New York City Subway Riders

By Mike Vilensky, The Wall Street Journal; May 8, 2018 Every day, the frustrations of New York City subway riders…

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Mississippi: Amtrak ticketing window at Meridian Union Station to close

By Whitney Downard, The Meridian Star; May 7, 2018 Amtrak, which offers service twice a day from Union Station, will…

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Central Florida’s SunRail offers tour of new Poinciana station

By Veronica Brezina, Staff Writer, Orlando Business Journal; May 7, 2018 As SunRail preps for its $186.9 million Southern Expansion,…

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California: Why new train schedule will make a huge difference for some Modesto commuters

By John Holland, The Modesto Bee; May 7, 2018 Amtrak on Monday launched a new train that gets San Joaquin…

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India: No more poor quality food on trains! IRCTC’s new software solution is good news for passengers; how it works

By Smriti Jain, Financial Express; May 7, 2018 Hygiene standards on Indian Railways trains – be it of food or…

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