KEARNY, N.J. — The Northeast Corridor’s new Portal North Bridge was pressed into revenue service ahead of schedule today (Friday, March 13), as trains were rerouted onto the new structure because of problems with catenary poles on the 116-year-old Portal Bridge. An Amtrak spokesman told NJ.com that trains were rerouted onto the new bridge beginning […]
KEARNY, N.J. — The Portal North Bridge has carried its first passenger train. Marking the progress and near-completion of the cutover of one track on the new bridge over the Hackensack River, NJ Transit and Amtrak today (March 12) operated a ceremonial first train across the 2.44-mile structure. Revenue service on the new bridge will […]
WASHINGTON — NJ Transit will face lawsuits from out-of-state courts after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the transit agency is not entitled to “sovereign immunity,” the principle that one state cannot be sued in another state’s court. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in the decision for a unanimous court, wrote that “sovereign immunity is personal […]
NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani has called for reviving a plan to build housing over Sunnyside Yard in Queens, the mostly Amtrak-owned facility that handles equipment for the national passenger carrier, NJ Transit, and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Mamdani met last week with President Donald Trump and said Trump indicated support for the idea. […]
NEW YORK — Amtrak and rail transit operations are essentially back to normal today (Wednesday, Feb. 25) after disruptions that began Sunday night because of a blizzard passing through the Northeast. As of 7:15 a.m. CT, the train status feature of Amtrak’s website shows no cancellations or delays for Northeast Corridor trains originating in Boston […]
Most commuter rail and rail transit operations have resumed in the Northeast after a blizzard that dropped more than 30 inches of snow in some portions of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Schedules may be limited on some operations. Here where operations stand as of 8:15 a.m. ET: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority: All operations — commuter […]
NEW YORK — Amtrak is reporting large-scale cancellations and most rail transit operations in the Northeast are shut down or operating on a limited basis today (Monday, Feb. 23) following a blizzard that passed through the area overnight. The National Weather Service is reporting snowfall totals for the last 24 hours of 20 inches or […]
NEW YORK — Amtrak is making “service adjustments” today (Sunday, Feb. 22) and Monday, Feb. 23, because of dangerous weather conditions, the passenger railroad said on Saturday. New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, NJ Transit, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, and CTRail’s Hartford Line and Shore Line East have also announced service changes. More than 50 […]
KEARNY, N.J. — Work is about 25% complete on the cutover of the first track of the new Portal North Bridge, Amtrak and NJ Transit officials said at a Thursday news conference at the construction site. “We’re on track and on schedule,” Jason Hoover, Amtrak assistant vice president, major programs-bridges, said, according to a NorthJersey.com […]
NEW YORK — Construction of the Hudson River Tunnel project on the Northeast Corridor is on the verge of halting because of the withholding of federal funds, the agency overseeing the project said on Tuesday, Jan. 27. Funding for the $16 billion project to build a new two-track tunnel between New Jersey and New York’s […]
Rail service in the Northeast is inching closer to normal following disruptions caused by last weekend’s severe winter weather. NJ Transit commuter rail and SEPTA Regional Rail have both resumed regular schedules today (Wednesday, Jan. 28), although scattered delays and cancellations are reported. Similar delays and cancellations are reported on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, […]
NJ Transit commuter rail operations will remain on a Severe Weather Schedule-Level 2 today (Tuesday, Jan. 27), while other transit systems in the Northeast continue to move toward or have restored regular operations following the severe winter weather last weekend. NJ Transit commuter rail schedules and other updates are available here. As of 8 a.m. […]
