Countless commuters and travelers depend on the nation’s railroads every day. However, in 2022 there were 1,164 train derailments across the U.S., according to the FRA. That’s an average of about three derailments per day.
Metrolink and Pacific Surfliner passengers are asked to look out for the latest updates on rail service and schedules.
The project will provide improved operational reliability to the MBTA’s nine Commuter Rail lines that terminate at South Station.
The action comes just two weeks after the OCTA board approved a framework for addressing the rail issues in Orange County to help ensure uninterrupted rail service for passenger and goods movement along the second busiest rail line in the nation.
The project is funded by a grant from the FY 2019 Federal-State Partnership for the State of Good Repair Program.
The State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services’ Operation NY-SECURE works with agencies to improve incident responses through counter terrorism exercises.
The docket for this investigation includes more than 3,100 pages of factual information, including reports on operations, mechanical, track and engineering, signal and train control, and crashworthiness/survival factors.
Over the next five years, President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will invest a total of $22 billion in Amtrak, improving and expanding intercity passenger rail services nationwide and addressing long-delayed repairs.
The list will advance a systematic approach for the improvement and development of the commuter and intercity passenger rail backbone of the region’s rail network.
Work will involve drilling large steel anchors more than 100 feet long into the bedrock of the slope adjacent to the railroad track to prevent it from pushing the track further toward the ocean.
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