Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 5/8/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Court ruling authorizes Carload Express to operate Pennsylvania short lines Carload Express officials say the court's ruling means the company is authorized to operate five short lines in Pennsylvania. Photo – carloadexpress.com [Editor's note: This story was updated at 1:48 p.m.…
Posts published in May 2018
Virgin Trains sells tickets through Amazon Alexa 07 May 2018 UK: Amazon Echo voice-activated devices with the Alexa virtual assistant and Amazon Pay can now be used to book advance single tickets for Virgin Trains East Coast and West Coast services. The launch on May 3 follows Virgin Trains' introduction last November of a journey…
Kansas City Southern to deploy CloudMoyo software 06 May 2018 USA: CloudMoyo is to deploy its Microsoft Azure cloud-based CloudMoyo Rail Transportation Management software to modernise Kansas City Southern’s Management Control System and provide analytics and artificial intelligence to improve operational efficiency. KCS already uses CloudMoyo’s crew management, business intelligence and analytics packages, and is…
London Liverpool street lighting upgrade 05 May 2018 UK: Network Rail has installed Goodlight LED lighting supplied by LED Eco Lights on the 18 platforms and concourse at London Liverpool Street station. ‘We decided to move to LED lighting to reduce our carbon output, reduce costs in terms of power consumption and to improve the…
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Transit said Thursday it will reduce its train service over the next several months as it tries to install a federally mandated safety system by a Dec. 31 deadline. Last week, the Federal Railroad Administration sent a letter expressing concern that NJ Transit, the nation's third-largest transit system, would…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 3/20/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation APTA leaders question Trump plan to cut funds for transit capital projects APTA President and CEO Paul Skoutelas Photo – APTA [Editor's note: This story was updated with new figures from APTA at 3:45 p.m. today.] President Donald Trump's proposed funding…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 3/21/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation Begeman officially becomes STB chair STB Chairwoman Ann Begeman Photo – stb.gov President Donald Trump has designated Ann Begeman as chair of the Surface Transportation Board (STB), the White House announced yesterday.Begeman, a Republican, is serving her second five-year term on…
Rail News Home Federal Legislation & Regulation 3/21/2018 Rail News: Federal Legislation & Regulation FRA: PTC operating on 56 percent freight route miles FRA Administrator Ronald Batory Photo – fra.dot.gov Positive train control (PTC) systems are operating on about 56 percent of freight railroads' route miles that are required to be governed by PTC systems,…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Amtrak says service between Philadelphia and Washington has been temporarily suspended due to a freight train derailment in southeastern Pennsylvania. Service was running with 30-minute delays before Amtrak suspended service shortly after 5 a.m. Thursday after two cars from a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed late Wednesday. Media reports say two cars…
No ‘ironing board’ seats, Greater Anglia promises 02 May 2018 UK: With advice from consultancy Schoenemann Design, operator Greater Anglia has selected Italian company FISA's Lean seat design for used on its future Stadler trainsets, and has made adjustments to the shape of the base cushions, lumbar support and headrests. The Bombardier Transportation Aventra EMUs…