The Los Angeles–San Diego–San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail Corridor Agency has temporarily suspended service south of Irvine until further notice for emergency track repairs.
U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, wants the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to aggressively enforce the “Buy America” provisions within their jurisdiction.
Chronic staffing shortages and deferred maintenance were again cited as some of the key reasons behind the continued challenges facing the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority as state officials went before a legislative panel.
Ridership on Tennessee’s one line of Amtrak service has dropped considerably since pre-pandemic numbers as the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations prepares a study on passenger service in the state.
The state of New Jersey is using $814 million from the Debt Defeasance and Prevention Fund to pay for rail station improvements across the state, including a $49 million investment at the historic New Brunswick Train Station on the Northeast Corridor.
Every year, 2,100 North Americans are killed or seriously injured when they engage in unsafe behavior around tracks and trains, and in the U.S. alone, a person or vehicle is hit by a train every 3 hours.
KiwiRail has signed a supply contract with French multinational Alstom for what railroad officials called a “once-in-a-generation upgrade” to its Train Control System (TCS).