Brightline West

Transit Briefs: SEPTA, Brightline West, TTC

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) system-wide ridership for December 2025 decreases 1%. Also, work on Brightline West’s Las Vegas rail station is under way; and the Toronto Transit Commission’s (TTC) Ontario Line subway system gets protective platform doors.

Nicolas Petrovic as CEO of Brightline Holdings LLC (Courtesy of Brightline Trains)

People News: Brightline, UTA, NCTD, TriMet

Brightline Trains appoints Nicolas Petrovic as CEO of Brightline Holdings LLC and Mauricio Anderson as Chief Financial Officer of Brightline Holdings and its subsidiaries (other than Brightline West). Also, Paul Ray joins Utah Transit Authority (UTA) as Government Relations Director; Adrienne L. Johnson transitions to Deputy Chief People Officer at North County Transit–San Diego Railroad (NCTD) in California; and Jamie Snook rises to Executive Director of Capital Project Delivery at Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet).

(Courtesy of Willie D. Mills)
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WIR Conference 2025: Connecting, Inspiring, Innovating

Railway Age and Railway Track & Structures on Oct. 15-16 hosted the third-annual in-person Women in Rail Conference with a packed lineup of influential women and their allies, who shared experiences, celebrated achievements, and discussed the future

Commentary

Brightline Financial Woes Continue

On Sept. 30, I reported on Brightline, the private-sector passenger railroad that currently operates in Florida and is building a high-speed railroad between Southern California and Las Vegas. I examined the company’s

(Photograph Courtesy of Brightline)
Commentary

FEC, Brightline Fight in Court Over Rail Capacity

Earlier this month, we profiled Brightline, the only private-sector railroad that operates passenger trains (not counting tourist excursions) in the United States. The story—Brightline: Something Different on the Rails, which posted online