New Haven Union Station gets $24.8 million overhaul and invites retailers
Connecticut is funding a $24.8 million New Haven Union Station renovation that includes new retail and food space and two bars, with interior work due to finish in late 2028.
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Half of Everett Link’s segments lack a preferred option as comments open
Sound Transit's draft environmental impact statement for the Everett Link Extension is open for public comment until Nov. 2 without a board-preferred alternative in four of eight route segments.
Dos Rios light rail station opening date awaits California regulator
Sacramento's finished Dos Rios light rail station cannot take Blue Line passengers until the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) accepts a testing verification report from Sacramento Regional Transit.
California high-speed rail opens first InnoTrans stand as train bids stay open
The California High-Speed Rail Authority took its first InnoTrans stand and was listed for the opening panel with the heads of its two trainset bidders, Alstom and Siemens Mobility.
CSX TRANSFLO’s Petersburg terminal offers 40 car spots and LPG capability
CSX’s TRANSFLO unit has opened its Petersburg transload terminal in Virginia, giving shippers without their own rail sidings 40 railcar spots and the capability to handle liquefied petroleum gas.
St. Louis will retest single-car MetroLink trains, one per line at first
Metro Transit in St. Louis will test single-car MetroLink trains instead of two-car consists on Oct. 3, saying one-car operation could cut yearly maintenance costs by $800,000 to $4.8 million.
STB member Kloster wants UP and NS to put their best case on the record
Surface Transportation Board member Richard Kloster backed the 4-0 vote to keep the UP-NS merger application alive, but told Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern to show their full case now.
NTSB urges FRA to stop rail crews riding railcars to protect shoving moves
The NTSB has asked US regulators and the largest freight railroads to stop crews riding railcars during shoving movements to watch the track, after 16 accidents it investigated since October 2020 killed 14 workers.
Metra to show first battery train meant for its Beverly Branch on Oct. 5
The first Metra battery-electric train, one of eight Stadler FLIRT trainsets on order, will go on display in Chicago on October 5 and is expected to carry passengers by 2028.
Seven FTA safety orders for the MBTA stay open under direct state oversight
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has closed its final directive to the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU), which now takes over MBTA safety oversight for seven open federal directives.
Union says CSX plans up to 1,062 furloughs; rail staff down 1,264 in a year
CSX furloughs in its maintenance-of-way workforce could reach 1,062 employees, a union says, with the railroad’s rail headcount in June already 1,264 below a year earlier.
1890s ‘road bed’ deeds leave US liable in Maryland rail-trail case
A federal judge ruled the United States is liable to 13 landowners in a Maryland rails-to-trails case, finding 1890s railroad easements did not cover a public trail.
