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Officials broke ground on the Newark Airport Railroad Station access project June 13. The project will expand commuter access ...
Thomas A. DeBellis 85 of Lagrangeville passed away on May 22, 2025 at home surrounded by his family. ... 2025 at St. Kateri Church Route 82 Lagrangeville, NY 12540.
WASHINGTON — “Train Daddy” is officially back. Former Transit President Andy Byford has formally joined Amtrak’s Board of Directors to oversee the long-delayed revamp of Penn Station ...
The train station was built in 1872, as was Pearson Store, which later housed the Newington Post Office. There is still a Newington Post Office up the hill from the station site, across from the ...
New Yorkers bestowed the moniker “Train Daddy” on Byford during his tenure as President of New York City Transit from the winter of 2018 to the winter of 2020. An Englishman, Byford literally earned a ...
Luzerne County Council approved a $615,000 purchase of the historic former train station in downtown Wilkes-Barre and litigation over outstanding debt from a rail line purchase.
Train service between New York and New Haven was largely restored in time for the morning commute on Friday, Amtrak said, but travelers still ran into some “residual delays” after service was ...
Harry E. Pierson 90, previously of LaGrangeville, NY and Bradenton, FL passed away peacefully in Liberty, SC on Monday, May 26th, 2025. Harry was born in Cedarhurst, NY, to Harry E. and Anne ...
A new video shows the moment a freight train hit a semi-trailer truck in LaGrange, Illinois, on Friday afternoon. The incident disrupted service on the Metra BNSF line for several hours. The crash ...
Andy Byford previously served as President of the New York City Transit Authority before his 2023 appointment as executive vice president in charge of high-speed rail for Amtrak. (Marc A. Hermann ...