Just weeks after solving an immediate financial crisis, Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) is preparing for a $200 million project to end train slow ...read more.

As part of its efforts to minimize the risk of terrorist attacks on passenger trains, Amtrak has deployed a new team of security officers to patrol ...read more.

Although railroads outperformed most other industries last year, financial analysts say the likelihood that they'll maintain top performance is ...read more.

Railroad operating rules on train speed, switching and testing employees would fall under federal control, under new regulations designed to reduce ...read more.

The Surface Transportation Board plans to change the way it calculates the cost of equity for railroads, which the board uses to determine the ...read more.

The Bush administration has set itself up for another conflict with Congress, by proposing only a $900 million subsidy for Amtrak in fiscal 2009, ...read more.

A CSX Transportation conductor is suing the railroad in federal court after he says he was attacked by a goose in a West Virginia rail yard. ...read more.

French train manufacturer Alstom recently unveiled a new 210-mph passenger train that could operate as one of the world's fastest by as soon as ...read more.

Public transportation lobbyists are disappointed that Congress passed an economic stimulus package Feb. 7 without an amendment that would have ...read more.

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) has launched a first-in-the-nation technology pilot program that will allow customers to pay ...read more.