Chicagoland’s Metra commuter railroad and Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), the area’s rapid transit and bus service provider, last month proposed 2025 operating budgets of $1.135 billion and $2.16 billion, respectively. The proposals
Metra on Nov. 11 unveiled a specially painted locomotive to honor all veterans and active-duty service members and reservists on Veterans Day.
Railway Age is celebrating eight years of recognizing women who not only excel at leadership but also serve the community and drive industry change, paving the way for the next generation. This
The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) releases an RFP (Request for Proposals) to begin the preliminary engineering phase of the $5.5 billion Interborough Express (IBX) project. Also, Metra reopens the 147th Street/Sibley Boulevard Station in Harvey, Ill., after a two-plus year rebuild; and Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (CapMetro) plans a double-tracking project in East Austin, Tex.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) members recently ratified an agreement related to Metra’s takeover of services from Union Pacific (UP). Ballots were mailed to 307 members last month. UP has
Railway Age is celebrating eight years of recognizing women who not only excel at leadership but also serve the community and drive industry change, paving the way for the next generation. This
Ballots were mailed this week to 307 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) members eligible to vote on a tentative implementing agreement regarding Metra’s takeover of services from Union Pacific (UP).
Metra commuter railroad joins Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to pilot a new fare product. Also, Caltrain dedicates one of its new electric trains to U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.); Metrolink boosts service, with more midday options, to meet Southern California’s evolving transportation needs; Detroit’s QLine streetcar system will soon be under new management; and Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) wraps up a systemwide fare gate retrofit project and seeks developers for a new transit-oriented development at Capitol Heights Metro Station in Prince George’s County, Md.
In this not-to-be-missed session at the Women in Rail 2024 conference, presented by Railway Age and RT&S, illuminating new research on the underrepresentation of women of color in railroad engineering will be presented by Jacqueline L. Patterson,
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