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Some Amtrak Trains to Use Grand Central During Penn Station Work

July 4, 2017 Railfanning.org News Wire

Amtrak is planning to operate some trains from Grand Central Terminal rather than Penn Station this summer.

Penn Station Commuters Gearing Up for ‘Summer of Hell’

June 26, 2017 Railfanning.org News Wire

Commuters who pass through Penn Station in Manhattan this summer will experience a “Summer of Hell” as Amtrak plans to make a number of emergency repairs.

PATH Planning for Expansion to Newark Liberty International Airport

May 12, 2017 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Port Authority’s Board of Commissioners last month authorized $57 million in planning funds for the first phase of the Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) system extension to Newark Liberty International Airport.

Major Upgrades Planned for N Line in New York City

May 10, 2017 Railfanning.org News Wire

New York City Transit (NYCT) will be performing major upgrades to the Astoria’s N Subway Line equipment this summer.

New York Moving Forward With LaGuardia AirTrain

May 8, 2017 Todd DeFeo

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey selected a multinational engineering and design firm to conduct preliminary engineering and other planning work for a new AirTrain connection to LaGuardia Airport.

The MTA is Really Sucking Here

January 24, 2017 Railfanning.org News Wire

The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) said it is testing a pair of prototypes track vacuum systems.

First MTA-Built Staten Island Railway Station Opens

January 24, 2017 Railfanning.org News Wire

The first new Staten Island Railway built by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) since the private rail line was incorporated into the MTA network in 1971 opened in Tottenville.

MTA Receives $1.5 Million for Safety

January 21, 2017 Railfanning.org News Wire

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Safety Research & Demonstration Program is giving more than $1.5 million to the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), U.S. Sens. Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, both D-N.Y., announced.

Second Avenue Subway, Newest Line in NYC, Opens

January 6, 2017 Railfanning.org News Wire

The system’s first major expansion in more than 50 years officially opened on Jan. 1.

More Than 75 Injured in LIRR Derailment

January 4, 2017 Railfanning.org News Wire

More than 75 people were injured this morning when a Long Island Rail Road train derailed at Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn, NBC New York reported. The train was arriving from Far Rockaway when it crashed at about 8:30 a.m. The train apparently failed to stop and hit the bumper block at the end of Track 6, the station reported. “Obviously the train is supposed to stop short of the bumping block,” the station quoted MTA Chairman Tom Prendergast as saying.