Federal regulators have given official approval to New Jersey Transit for a two-year extension to complete the implementation of a required emergency braking system. The Federal Railroad Administration sent a letter this week that said NJ Transit met six key …
Two commuter trains traveling in opposite directions collided with a vehicle on the tracks in Westbury in Long Island, N.Y., killing all three occupants in the vehicle before one of the trains derailed and tore into a concrete platform Tuesday …
New Jersey Transit has made enough progress on installing a federally mandated emergency braking system to meet a year-end deadline, Gov. Phil Murphy said. At a news conference at NJ Transit’s maintenance yard, the Democratic governor said the transit agency …
New Jersey Transit has been rejected for additional federal money as it scrambles to install a required safety system by year’s end. The Federal Railroad Administration on Thursday announced more than $200 million in grants for 28 railroads to implement …
The Federal Railroad Administration has warned Maryland officials the state’s train system is at risk of failing to meet a congressional deadline to install a mandatory safety system by the end of the year. WRC-TV reported that it obtained copies …
A U.S. investigative agency said on Tuesday that two New York City area commuter train crashes were the result of engineers with undiagnosed sleep disorders. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) criticized the lack of safety systems in both crashes …
Both maintenance workers killed by an Amtrak train near Philadelphia last year were on drugs when the crash happened, test results show, but that doesn’t appear to have factored into safety lapses and miscommunications being blamed for their deaths. Toxicology …
The engineer of the New Jersey commuter train that crashed on Thursday told investigators he was fully rested but has no memory of the incident, and a recovered data recorder was not working, a National Transportation Safety Board official said …
