Amtrak spent $27M in rail line improvements to avoid a hellish summer commute. Did it pay off?

Commuters were the apparent winners after Amtrak spent $27 million on infrastructure repairs to the busy Northeast Corridor Line, resulting in a summer with fewer problems for NJ Transit riders than ...
Trains

Cutover of Portal North Bridge could require six weeks of rail disruptions

The cutover of traffic to the new Portal North Bridge on the Northeast Corridor in early 2026 could disrupt Amtrak and NJ Transit traffic for up to six weeks, according to NorthJersey.com. Some trains ...
Trains

NJ Transit board improves $917 million program to overhaul railcars

NJ Transit will overhaul its existing fleet of 429 Multilevel railcars under a $917 million program approved today (Nov. 12, ...
Medicine Buffalo

All aboard! UB faculty member publishes the first comprehensive history of the Northeast Corridor

BUFFALO, N.Y. – David Alff, PhD, an associate professor of English in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences, opens a copy of his new book “The Northeast Corridor: The Trains, the ...
abc7NY

Westbound Amtrak/NJ Transit service resumes after trains held at Penn Station

NEW YORK (WABC) -- A person was struck by an Amtrak train in New Brunswick, causing major delays on the North East Corridor. It happened near Jersey Avenue just after 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Due to the ...