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FRA Publishes Final Rule Establishing Metrics and a Minimum Standard to Measure the Performance and Service Quality of Intercity Passenger Rail

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today published a final rule setting forth...

FRA Publishes Final Rule Establishing Metrics and a Minimum Standard to Measure the Performance and Service Quality of Intercity Passenger Rail

Revisions Waiver Use by Group/Railroad/Type/Location (11.07.20)

HQ-2019-1327

On March 3, 2019, at 11:18 p.m., MST, eastbound Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) coal train 2CBTWL9-03 (Train 1) derailed 35 cars on Main Track 2, at Milepost (MP) 76.45 on the North Platte Service Unit, South Morrill Subdivision, near Oshkosh, Nebraska. Train 1 had two locomotives on the...

Revisions Waiver Use by Group/Railroad/Type/Location (10.31.20)

Revisions Waiver Use by Group/Railroad/Type/Location (10.24.20)

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao Announces $291 Million in ‘State of Good Repair’ Grants to Improve the Reliability and Safety of America’s Rail Network

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao Announces $291 Million in ‘State of Good Repair’ Grants to Improve the Reliability and Safety of America’s Rail Network

FRA Response re: FRA’s Position on Conducting Safety Inspections during COVID-19 Public Health Emergency