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Newsby StaffAugust 1, 2025

People Movement: The Latest Moves at WTS International, Amtrak, and More

METRO's People Movement covers the latest personnel moves in the public transit, motorcoach, and people mobility industries.

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Newsby StaffJune 16, 2025

Port Authority of NY/NJ Breaks Ground on Newark Liberty Rail Station Expansion

The $160 million infrastructure project will add a new public entrance to the Newark Liberty International Airport Train Station, dramatically enhancing mobility for underserved Newark and Elizabeth communities while fueling job creation and regional growth.

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Newsby StaffMay 29, 2025

Passenger Rail Set to Resume in Southern California After Emergency Bluff Reinforcement

Metrolink and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner will fully restore service on June 7 following completion of Phase 1 coastal stabilization work led by OCTA, protecting California’s only coastal rail link between Orange and San Diego counties.

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Rail workers enter Line 1 tunnel.
Newsby StaffMay 29, 2025

Amtrak’s East River Tunnel Rehabilitation Project Officially Underway

The rail line begins critical tunnel repairs to restore storm-damaged infrastructure and ensure safe service, which requires one of the company's largest outages in recent history.

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Newsby StaffMay 27, 2025

Penn Station Modernization Moves Forward Under Andy Byford’s Leadership

In his role as special advisor to the Amtrak board of directors, he will report directly to the rail agency and coordinate closely with the USDOT as he oversees the Penn Station project through a master developer public-private partnership model.

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Amtrak's Seattle rail yard under construction.
Newsby StaffMay 12, 2025

Amtrak Advances Long-Planned Improvements to Seattle Rail Yard

The upgraded King Street Yard will enable modern, more efficient maintenance practices, support the introduction of new, state-of-the-art Amtrak Airo trains set to enter service first on the Amtrak Cascades route in 2026, and maintain trains on the Long-Distance routes that operate out of this yard.

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Newsby StaffApril 25, 2025

Virginia Breaks Ground on New River Valley Project

As part of the VPRA's Transforming Rail in Virginia initiative, the New River Valley Project encompasses railroad infrastructure upgrades, which will allow VPRA to extend its Amtrak Virginia service from Roanoke to Christiansburg and return passenger rail service to the New River Valley for the first time since 1979.

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Newsby StaffApril 23, 2025

Feds Cut Scope, Funding for NJ Dock Bridge

The revised scope of the Dock Bridge rehabilitation project will ensure critical safety and reliability elements but remove unnecessary aesthetic costs like enhanced lighting and defer some rehab work where structural elements still have a useful life, according to the USDOT.

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Newsby StaffApril 18, 2025

USDOT Assumes Control of New York Penn Station Overhaul

The Administration determined that USDOT and Amtrak can together deliver a world-class Penn Station.

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NJ NEC update
Newsby News/Media ReleaseApril 16, 2025

Infrastructure, Equipment Upgrades in Focus at NJ Transit Summit

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, NJ TRANSIT, and Amtrak are working to make sure that the upcoming summer travel season goes smoothly and without interruption through various improvements to the Northeast Corridor.

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