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Gov. Cuomo's and Chairman/CEO Thomas F. Prendergast's plan includes expanding the creation of Wi-Fi hotspots in stations; accelerating mobile payment and ticketing to replace the MetroCard; and providing USB ports on subway trains and buses, offering customers the ability to charge their mobile devices while on the go.
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The information about close call incidents enables the railroad to identify factors that contribute to accidents or injuries and to correct these problems before they result in harm.
Read More →Proposal to transform Penn Station and the historic James A. Farley Post Office into a world-class transportation hub. The $3 billion project, known as the Empire Station Complex, will feature significant passenger improvements, including first-class amenities, natural light, increased train capacity and decreased congestion, and improved signage to dramatically enhance the travel experience.
Read More →The new tracking technology is available to the public for beta testing and feedback now as the Nashville MTA makes final tweaks to the system before the full launch of the new system in late January.
Read More →Since May 2013, Metro-North workers have replaced 97,961 ties, laid 16.5 miles of continuous welded rails, rebuilt 88 switches, renewed and/or upgraded 32 railroad crossings, and performed 2,905 welds on joints that connect stretches of track with one another.
Read More →The position will oversee all efforts to ensure the safety of its customers and employees as the railroad continues to improve work practices and invest in new technology and equipment.
Read More →The new record day was one of five days in October when ridership exceeded the prior year’s record, and was one of 15 weekdays with ridership above six million.
Read More →Workers have completed construction of a subterranean ventilation facility below East 55th Street in Manhattan, and $56.2 million in infrastructure improvements to Harold Interlocking, in Sunnyside, Queens, the busiest passenger train junction in the U.S. and the place where the tracks for the connection to Grand Central will meet with the LIRR.
Read More →New York's Transit Score ranking by Walk Score increased 2.9 points to 84.1 from 81.2 in the last published ranking in 2014.
Read More →The ads were for its new series, “The Man in the High Castle,” and featured wrapped New York subway seats with iconography from Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.
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