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[ August 31, 2026 ] Amtrak Breaks Ground on New Train Maintenance Facility in New York City Amtrak
[ August 31, 2026 ] Georgia Central Withdraws Petition to Operate With One-Person Crews FRA
[ August 28, 2026 ] Investigators Probing Aug. 14 Derailment at Wickford in Essex World
[ August 25, 2026 ] Amtrak Says It Is Grateful for Texas Funding of Daily Heartland Flyer Trains Amtrak
[ August 25, 2026 ] Second-Annual ENS Sign Awareness Day Campaign Educates Millions About the Blue and White Sign Safety

New York Subway Outage Highlights Ongoing Woes at Metropolitan Transportation Authority

August 31, 2021 The Center Square

Calling Sunday night’s breakdown unprecedented and unacceptable, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul pledged to New York City subway users to find out what caused the chain reaction of events that led to more than 80 trains being knocked out of service for more than four hours.

New Jersey Moving Forward with $190 million Renovation Project for Newark Penn Station

August 30, 2021 The Center Square

New Jersey officials are moving forward with a five-year, $190 million renovation of the historic Newark Penn Station on the busy Northeast Corridor.

Canadian Pacific Sends Unsolicited Proposal to Acquire Kansas City Southern

August 11, 2021 Railfanning.org News Wire

Canadian Pacific Railway has sent an unsolicited proposal to acquire Kansas City Southern.

New Zealand Focuses on Rural Areas During Rail Safety Week

August 9, 2021 Railfanning.org News Wire

KiwiRail and TrackSAFE NZ want motorists to take extra care as new research reveals more than three-quarters of significant vehicle collisions with trains occur in provincial towns and rural areas.

Fiscal 2022 Bill Includes Billions for Rail, Northeast Corridor

July 30, 2021 The Center Square

The seven-bill fiscal 2022 appropriations package the U.S. House of Representatives passed includes billions of dollars for rail projects.

New Jersey Congress Members Want FTA to Commit to ‘Long-Standing’ Funding Formula

July 27, 2021 The Center Square

New Jersey’s House delegation has banded together to urge the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to keep the agency’s long-standing funding formula when it allocates $14.2 billion in funding to transit agencies in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut.

New York Subway Outage Highlights Ongoing Woes at Metropolitan Transportation Authority

New Jersey Moving Forward with $190 million Renovation Project for Newark Penn Station

Canadian Pacific Sends Unsolicited Proposal to Acquire Kansas City Southern

New Zealand Focuses on Rural Areas During Rail Safety Week

New Jersey Congress Members Want FTA to Commit to ‘Long-Standing’ Funding Formula

DeFazio Opposes Proposed Canadian National-Kansas City Southern Merger

Railroad Industry Worried About Biden Executive Order

CSX Completes Acquisition of Bulk Chemical Transporter Quality Carriers

Polis signs off on bill establishing Front Range rail district