On Friday, 18.September, four years of planning and site preparation came to fruition as a 10-week construction blitz allowed the reopening of VTR’s new 360-foot Middlebury Rail Tunnel. The new prefab tunnel not only improves rail service by increasing clearances on the main route from Rutland to Burlington. The project was also designed to improve […]
MBTA Awards Second Major Contract for SCR Phase One Build. $562.5 Million will Connect Fall River and New Bedford Commuters via Middleboro to Boston South Station by Late 2023.
24 August, Boston MA – Phase One of the SCR project will reconstruct existing freight rail lines connecting to the operating MBTA Middleboro Line. The Middleboro Secondary, New Bedford Main, and Fall River Secondary lines will be upgraded for passenger service with new track, as well as new stations and platforms, commuter parking, train layover, signal […]
Maine Downeaster Ridership Recovers Enough to Increase Train Count. Passengers Applaud Sanitary and Distance-Compliant Coaches; Crews Practicing New Protocols.
28.July, Boston MA – Amtrak’s Boston to Maine Downeaster service has resumed marketing programs to encourage ridership on the safe and social distance-compliant trains to Vacationland. Ridership has increased to approximately 200 passengers per day, doubling since the phased resumption of service in June. Service resumed on 15.June after a total shutdown initiates 13.April. Service reopened […]
MBTA Buys Stability to 2026 with Pre-Emptive Double Extension of Keolis Contract, with Modifications. Commuter Transformation Project Safe from Potential Procurement Pitfalls.
MBTA Buys Stability to 2026 with Pre-Emptive Double Extension of Keolis Contract, with Modifications. Commuter Transformation Project Safe from Potential Procurement Pitfalls.
New Cars will Meet Expanding Demand with Improved Experience, Strategic Concept, State Funds. Siemens Favored for Supply.
12 June, Hartford CT – Interview with CDOT’s Richard Jankovich, Assistant Rail Administrator, by R&P Associate Editor Christopher Parker Stamford CT R&P: How Is The Hartford Line doing? RJ: Ridership on the Hartford line (separate from the Vermonter) went from 465,000 for 2018 to 730,000 in 2019 – an incredible increase. We’re very proud of it. […]
MBTA Outreach Presentation Sparks Pushback on Low Ridership and High Cost Projections.
MBTA Outreach Presentation Sparks Pushback on Low Ridership and High Cost Projections.
Amtrak CEO Flynn Identifies $1.475 Billion in FY2121 Rescue Funding Requirements, and Informs Employees that 20% of Headcount is Critical to Cutting Expenses.
Amtrak CEO Flynn Identifies $1.475 Billion in FY2121 Rescue Funding Requirements, and Informs Employees that 20% of Headcount is Critical to Cutting Expenses.
Amtrak Presents Plans and Preliminary Design for Key Northeast Corridor Crossing, to Replace 113 Year-Old Drawbridge.
Amtrak Presents Plans and Preliminary Design for Key Northeast Corridor Crossing, to Replace 113 Year-Old Drawbridge.
Fifty-Nine MTA Workers Lost to Coronavirus. CEO Foye Among >1500 Sick Employees. Agency to Support Bereaved Families with Enhanced $500k Death Benefit Payment.
Fifty-Nine MTA Workers Lost to Coronavirus. CEO Foye Among >1500 Sick Employees. Agency to Support Bereaved Families with Enhanced $500k Death Benefit Payment.
All Downeaster Service Suspended Until 30.April At Earliest. Other Amtrak Service Reductions
All Downeaster Service Suspended Until 30.April At Earliest. Other Amtrak Service Reductions