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Metra Hires Financial Firm

Metra hires firm for $12.6M to pull its financial systems out of the Stone Age Posted: 03/25/2015, 10:22pm | Rosalind Rossi “This may not be one of the sexiest issues Metra has to deal with,” board Chairman Martin Oberman (pictured in April 2014) said...

Oppose PTC Extension

BLET Urges Senators To Oppose Positive Train Control Extension (CLEVELAND) March 25 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) announced that it strongly opposes S. 650, the Railroad Safety and Positive Train Control Extension Act, which is expected...

AMTRAK Midwest News

Illinois congressmen call for full funding of mass transit, passenger rail.  Illinois congressmen called for full funding for mass transit and passenger rail in a letter to a transportation subcommittee Monday.  U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, a Democrat and the only member...

House Dems file $1B rail safety bill

House Dems file $1B rail safety bill Getty Images By Keith Laing – 03/19/15 10:58 AM EDT A group of House Democrats is calling for Congress to spend $1 billion over the next five years on boosting the safety of U.S. commuter railways after a string of recent...

Amtrak

Dem senator opposes provision in House Amtrak bill.  Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is vowing to stop a proposal in the $7.8 billion Amtrak funding bill that was approved by the House last week that he says would result in high-speed trains skipping stations in his...