Breaking News Archives

June 13, 2024
Passenger

Transit Briefs: NYMTA, DART, CTA, SEPTA, Metra

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) replaces the first segment of Metro-North Railroad’s Park Avenue Viaduct. Also, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) approves a new strategic plan; the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) hits an average weekday ridership of one million in May; the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) announces the return of the historic Presidents’ Conference Committee (PCC) Trolleys to Route 15; and Metra awards contracts to rebuild 95th St./Chicago State University Station.

Pictured: Chemvest Holdings US Inc.’s 13.7-acre dual rail-served site in Gulf Inland Logistics Park. (Liberty Development Partners Photograph)

June 13, 2024
News

Chemvest Holdings US Buys Rail-Served Site in Texas

Liberty Development Partners has sold a 13.7-acre, dual rail-served tract within a Texas industrial park to Chemvest Holdings US Inc., which is expanding its operations and accessibility to the Gulf Coast region for transloading industrial products.

June 13, 2024
Intermodal

Port of Los Angeles: May Cargo Volume ‘Strong, Consistent’

The Port of Los Angeles processed 752,893 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in May 2024—a slight 3% decline over May 2023, the Port reported on June 12. Overall cargo volume remains 18% ahead of 2023 after five months.

June 13, 2024
Class I

NS’s DRIVE Team ‘Improves Terminal Operations and Partner Communication’

Norfolk Southern (NS) recently announced that a team of marketing and operations leaders have joined together to improve communication with the Class I’s partner driver community.

Changes at the Cumberland, Md., rail yard (pictured) will enable the CSX team to assemble trains on two automated tracks while simultaneously moving other cars, “effectively reducing car handlings, doubling their production capacity and ensuring faster and more reliable delivery of customer goods,” according to the railroad. (Screenshot of CSX Video)

June 13, 2024
Class I

Watch: CSX Reconfiguring Cumberland to Boost Capacity

To more efficiently manage increased traffic destined for the Midwest, a reconfiguration project is under way at CSX’s Cumberland, Md., rail yard, the Class I reported June 12.

June 13, 2024
News

ASLRRA Provides Response to USDOT RFI on NMFN

The American Short Line and Railroad Association (ASLRRA) on June 10 submitted comments in response to a U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Request for Information (RFI) on “Goals, Criteria, Thresholds, and Measurable

Metra, Union Pacific, state, and local officials cut the ribbon to officially open the new Peterson/Ridge Station in Chicago. (Metra Photograph)

June 12, 2024
Commuter/Regional

Transit Briefs: Metra, NJT

Metra launches its long-awaited commuter rail station in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. Also, New Jersey Transit (NJT) advances its Brick Church Station modernization and Brielle Drawbridge replacement projects.

June 12, 2024
News

Rail Insights 2024: Joe Hinrichs to Open Virtual Event

Joe Hinrichs, President and CEO, CSX, will open the Railway Age Rail Insights virtual conference on June 20. Hinrichs’ fireside chat with Railway Age Editor-in-Chief William C. Vantuono will touch upon the

June 12, 2024
Class I

AAR: Carloads Down, Intermodal Up in Week 23

U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 8, 2024 (Week 23) was up 4.1% from the same week last year, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported June 12.

Amtrak Siemens Mobility-built ALC42 321, pulling Train 90, the northbound Palmetto, at Richmond, Va. (William C. Vantuono Photograph)

June 12, 2024
Regulatory

T&I Republicans Double Down on Amtrak (Updated With Commentary)

The House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee on June 11 reported two new member bills that it said will increase Amtrak “transparency and accountability.” The legislation was announced ahead of a June