All aboard: I-70 truck by train rail bridge idea gains steam
Retired Amtrak conductor Brad Swartzwelter has achieved minor celebrity since a story on his truck-by-train rail bridge idea to get semitrailers off Interstate 70 ran in The Gazette on March ...
Colorado’s old train stations reborn as focal points for future
The work became a matter of “stewardship” of what they call “the Ellis Island of the West,” where thousands of immigrants ...
Trains on MSN3d
Private operators’ overnight-train dreams: Analysis
First of two parts Before jets dominated air travel and a fully developed, publicly funded interstate highway system ...
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New names could be in store for Metra lines, as agency sues Union Pacific during takeover of UP routes
Metra is considering renaming all of its lines, as the rail agency prepares to take over operation of three Union Pacific routes. But before the takeover goes into effect, Metra and Union Pacific ...
Some council members oppose 15th Street Railcar Experience, claiming 'it came from a crook'
Concerns about the nearly $5 million 15th Street Railcar Experience are growing among members of Cheyenne’s City Council, with critics saying it is unrealistic and a poor use of public funds. Others ...
Why did global air passenger growth slow in February?
Walsh said, “While traffic growth slowed in February, much of this can be explained by factors including the leap year and ...
Railway Age26d
Metra to STB: Ensure Passenger Service on UP Lines ‘Continues Uninterrupted’
Union Pacific (UP) has placed Metra’s regional/commuter rail service in Chicagoland “at risk by demanding” that it pay “economically unreasonable and monopolistic rates to continue using the UP Lines ...
WGN-TV26d
Metra considers changing the names of all its lines, asks public to weigh in
CHICAGO (WGN) — A change in the operation on three of Metra’s lines has given the agency an opportunity to rename all lines, and the public has a chance to weigh in. Metra will soon assume ...
ABC 7 Chicago26d
Metra wants to hear from riders on possible new line names, as Union Pacific phased out
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra is phasing out the names for some of its lines, and wants to hear from its riders. The commuter rail is phasing out the Union Pacific North, Northwest and West lines.
Daily Herald29d
Metra asks feds for relief in feud with Union Pacific over ‘unreasonable’ costs to run trains on tracks
Commuter service for thousands of Union Pacific riders is in jeopardy amid an impasse with the freight railroad over track usage, Metra leaders warned on Friday. Metra filed separate actions with ...
Gulf News5d
Why did global air passenger growth slow in February?
Geneva - Global air travel demand grew slower in February 2025, with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) reporting a 2.6 per cent year-on-year increase in total revenue passenger ...
Trains2d
Amtrak sidelines Horizon car fleet, leading to widespread cancellations (updated)
Amtrak trains on several routes have been cancelled after the company removed its fleet of Horizon passenger cars from ...