NARBW elects Amtrak’s McKim President
The National Association of Railway Business Women (NARBW) has elected Melanie Bennett McKim as its 40th President.
The National Association of Railway Business Women (NARBW) has elected Melanie Bennett McKim as its 40th President.
Beginning this fall, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail passengers will be able to purchase tickets onboard with a credit or debit card from conductors equipped with smartphones
NDYLTK Rail is now a wholly owned subsidiary of LTK Engineering Services of Ambler, Pa., and has changed its name to LTK Australia Pty Ltd.
The operator of South Florida’s Tri-Rail commuter network has elected new leadership.
A second infusion of federal funding lent a festive atmosphere to kickoff for the latest expansion of Boston’s transit system.
New York is moving ahead with long-sought plans to get people from the train to the plane.
Amidst extravagant accusations of inhospitable dispatching by host freight railroads of its long-distance passenger trains, taxpayer subsidized Amtrak is aggressively manipulating its privileged position in contravention of a congressional intent to expand private-sector operation of passenger trains. Amtrak’s strong-arm tactics also serve to squeeze monopoly rents from state and regional transit authorities, whose commuter trains share Amtrak-owned facilities.
With no panache in any prior media announcement, nor even a tip-off to its diehard advocacy supporters, Amtrak launched on June 20 a unique sale of roomettes through only June 26, and good for travel between Aug. 20 and Feb. 15, 2019 (https://www.amtrak.com/roomette-sale-buy-one-get-one-free). Based upon the prior atmosphere of Amtrak and certain airlines, this surprise sale actually gives the impression of simmering issues behind the iron curtain of transparency deep within the Amtrak bunker.
One of Southern California’s busiest railroad towns will be a whole lot quieter a year from now.
If Boston didn’t get enough of expensive, disruptive construction during the Big Dig, there could be more on the way.