Month: August 2025

Amtrak has awarded design-build contracts and begun pre-construction activities for three rail yard modernization projects on the Northeast Corridor, which officials said will help improve service reliability and enable more efficient, world-class train maintenance.

Federal Transit Administration Administrator Marc Molinaro today issued a final warning letter to Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s New York City Transit to address safety risks for track maintenance workers following tragic accidents involving NYCT employees, including one death.

Passenger train service involving routes to Chicago, Miami and New York is on hold because of a coal train derailment in northeastern North Carolina on Sunday.