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Has anyone heard any news or updates on Tren Maya or Tren Interoceánico recently? A smattering of news suggest Maya has carried 1.2 million total riders and work is underway to grow freight service.
How about full buildout & electrification?
Are HSTs operating on Interoceánico?
How about full buildout & electrification?
Are HSTs operating on Interoceánico?
December 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Has anyone heard any news or updates on Tren Maya or Tren Interoceánico recently? A smattering of news suggest Maya has carried 1.2 million total riders and work is underway to grow freight service.
How about full buildout & electrification?
Are HSTs operating on Interoceánico?
How about full buildout & electrification?
Are HSTs operating on Interoceánico?
People are really angry about Amtrak’s new Mardi Gras service.
Really angry it doesn’t go to Pensacola!
(Graphic from Downtown Mobile Today)
Really angry it doesn’t go to Pensacola!
(Graphic from Downtown Mobile Today)
December 13, 2025 at 11:39 PM
People are really angry about Amtrak’s new Mardi Gras service.
Really angry it doesn’t go to Pensacola!
(Graphic from Downtown Mobile Today)
Really angry it doesn’t go to Pensacola!
(Graphic from Downtown Mobile Today)
What is the opposite of the transit death spiral of service cuts and fare hikes called?
Transit growth helix? Transit betterment crescendo?
Whatever it's called, WMATA is doing it.🚇🚌
Transit growth helix? Transit betterment crescendo?
Whatever it's called, WMATA is doing it.🚇🚌
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We want to hear from you!
Attend our public hearings (beginning on Feb. 3), take our survey, or provide written comments.
Learn more now: wmata.com/about/news/M... #wmata
December 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
What is the opposite of the transit death spiral of service cuts and fare hikes called?
Transit growth helix? Transit betterment crescendo?
Whatever it's called, WMATA is doing it.🚇🚌
Transit growth helix? Transit betterment crescendo?
Whatever it's called, WMATA is doing it.🚇🚌
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Canada is moving ahead with the first leg of ALTO high speed rail, between Montreal and our Capital Ottawa. Chosen for its easy geography, this segment of HSR will cut travel times on this route to under an hour from 2 hours today. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Montreal-Ottawa chosen as first leg of high-speed rail project | CBC News
The first segment of Canada's proposed high-speed rail network would connect Montreal and Ottawa, according to Radio-Canada.
Federal Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon is expected to make the announc...
www.cbc.ca
December 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Canada is moving ahead with the first leg of ALTO high speed rail, between Montreal and our Capital Ottawa. Chosen for its easy geography, this segment of HSR will cut travel times on this route to under an hour from 2 hours today. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
If your city doesn’t have a gingerbread streetcar, it celebrates the holidays less sufficiently than the Ritz-Carlton on Canal St in New Orleans.
December 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
If your city doesn’t have a gingerbread streetcar, it celebrates the holidays less sufficiently than the Ritz-Carlton on Canal St in New Orleans.
If your city doesn’t have a gingerbread streetcar, it celebrates the holidays less sufficiently than the Ritz-Carlton on Canal St in New Orleans.
December 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
If your city doesn’t have a gingerbread streetcar, it celebrates the holidays less sufficiently than the Ritz-Carlton on Canal St in New Orleans.
NC By Train sees highest ridership in 35 years of service |
Spectrum News 1 ILM
#trains #rail #Amtrak #Raleigh #Durham #Greensboro #Charlotte
Spectrum News 1 ILM
#trains #rail #Amtrak #Raleigh #Durham #Greensboro #Charlotte
NC By Train sees highest ridership in 35 years of service
No traffic and affordable tickets? Time to take the train! NC By Train is looking to expand stops and upgrade trains and stations.
spectrumlocalnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
NC By Train sees highest ridership in 35 years of service |
Spectrum News 1 ILM
#trains #rail #Amtrak #Raleigh #Durham #Greensboro #Charlotte
Spectrum News 1 ILM
#trains #rail #Amtrak #Raleigh #Durham #Greensboro #Charlotte
Raise your hand if you ever rode WMATA’s stand-alone Green Line branch or the Shortcut over the Red Line to Farragut North via the Green-Red connecting track…
Me: 🙋🏻♂️
The northern Green Line branch from Fort Totten-Greenbelt opened today in 1993, 32 years ago.
Me: 🙋🏻♂️
The northern Green Line branch from Fort Totten-Greenbelt opened today in 1993, 32 years ago.
December 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Raise your hand if you ever rode WMATA’s stand-alone Green Line branch or the Shortcut over the Red Line to Farragut North via the Green-Red connecting track…
Me: 🙋🏻♂️
The northern Green Line branch from Fort Totten-Greenbelt opened today in 1993, 32 years ago.
Me: 🙋🏻♂️
The northern Green Line branch from Fort Totten-Greenbelt opened today in 1993, 32 years ago.
FTA Gives Austin Light-Rail Medium-High Ranking, the Strongest Rating in the FY2026 Program Year | Austin Transit Partnership - www.atptx.org/federal-tran...
… #trains #ATX #Texas #TX
… #trains #ATX #Texas #TX
https://atptx.org/federal-transi…
December 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
FTA Gives Austin Light-Rail Medium-High Ranking, the Strongest Rating in the FY2026 Program Year | Austin Transit Partnership - www.atptx.org/federal-tran...
… #trains #ATX #Texas #TX
… #trains #ATX #Texas #TX
From outside my Austin hotel this morning: Amtrak #22 - the northbound Texas Eagle, en route from San Antonio to Chicago - crosses the Colorado River (Lady Bird Lake) and will stop at the Austin station just on the other side of the river. It was running within 2 minutes of schedule.
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
From outside my Austin hotel this morning: Amtrak #22 - the northbound Texas Eagle, en route from San Antonio to Chicago - crosses the Colorado River (Lady Bird Lake) and will stop at the Austin station just on the other side of the river. It was running within 2 minutes of schedule.
Mother of pearl: Amtrak's Floridian, which departed Chicago on Monday (12/8) is nearly 8 hours late, currently traveling through South Carolina, but nearly all that delay was recorded between Chicago and South Bend. First locomotive issues than an "equipment adjustment".😧
December 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Mother of pearl: Amtrak's Floridian, which departed Chicago on Monday (12/8) is nearly 8 hours late, currently traveling through South Carolina, but nearly all that delay was recorded between Chicago and South Bend. First locomotive issues than an "equipment adjustment".😧
Took @capmetroatx.bsky.social ’s Route 2 to the Eastside Bus Plaza, which is officially owned/managed by CARTS, the 9-county regional transit system surrounding Austin. It also serves Greyhound/Flix, with CARTS & intercity routes serving Dallas, Houston, Laredo, Monterrey, Bastrop, San Marcos & more
December 9, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Took @capmetroatx.bsky.social ’s Route 2 to the Eastside Bus Plaza, which is officially owned/managed by CARTS, the 9-county regional transit system surrounding Austin. It also serves Greyhound/Flix, with CARTS & intercity routes serving Dallas, Houston, Laredo, Monterrey, Bastrop, San Marcos & more
Babe, wake up: the South Shore Line posted a test train timelapse video of the new Monon Corridor, dashing through the snow on the new electrified route set to open in the 1st quarter of 2026! ⚡️🛤️
youtu.be/oPP610icJHI
youtu.be/oPP610icJHI
Monon Corridor Test Train Run
YouTube video by My South Shore Line
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Babe, wake up: the South Shore Line posted a test train timelapse video of the new Monon Corridor, dashing through the snow on the new electrified route set to open in the 1st quarter of 2026! ⚡️🛤️
youtu.be/oPP610icJHI
youtu.be/oPP610icJHI
Both the Borealis & Mardi Gras launches have been fantastic experiences & ridership results. That’s incredible incredible considering the last whole new Amtrak route launch was Downeaster in 2001. (Yes, Norfolk & Roanoke, but those were more extensions than full route)🚆
Amtrak reports Mardi Gras service among most successful ever https://mynbc15.com/news/local/amtrak-provides-boost-to-mobile-businesses
Amtrak's Mardi Gras service boosts Mobile tourism with higher than expected ridership
Amtrak says the new Mardi Gras service that connects Mobile to New Orleans is one of the most successful services ever launched and it's on track to double the
mynbc15.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Both the Borealis & Mardi Gras launches have been fantastic experiences & ridership results. That’s incredible incredible considering the last whole new Amtrak route launch was Downeaster in 2001. (Yes, Norfolk & Roanoke, but those were more extensions than full route)🚆
Buffalo’s NFTA has opened the first Metro Rail revenue service expansion since 1985 with the debut of the new DL&W station, becoming the southern terminus. The facility is the former western terminal of the historic railroad of the same name, which once hosted trains to Hoboken.
December 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Buffalo’s NFTA has opened the first Metro Rail revenue service expansion since 1985 with the debut of the new DL&W station, becoming the southern terminus. The facility is the former western terminal of the historic railroad of the same name, which once hosted trains to Hoboken.
Good morning from ATX, where you wear your @capmetroatx.bsky.social socks 🧦
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Good morning from ATX, where you wear your @capmetroatx.bsky.social socks 🧦
Congrats to Sound Transit on the opening of the 7.8-mile (12.6 km) Link 1 Line extension to Federal Way yesterday and Metrolinx / @ttcalerts.bsky.social on the debut of the 11-kilometer (6.8 mi) Finch West LRT today!
December 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Congrats to Sound Transit on the opening of the 7.8-mile (12.6 km) Link 1 Line extension to Federal Way yesterday and Metrolinx / @ttcalerts.bsky.social on the debut of the 11-kilometer (6.8 mi) Finch West LRT today!
According to this MOA shared by MidwesternRPA on the other platform, Metra and the MARK (Milwaukee Area Racine Kenosha) Commuter Rail Commission are exploring Metra operating KRM service under contract to the Commission - the most obvious solution to connecting Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee…🚆
December 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
According to this MOA shared by MidwesternRPA on the other platform, Metra and the MARK (Milwaukee Area Racine Kenosha) Commuter Rail Commission are exploring Metra operating KRM service under contract to the Commission - the most obvious solution to connecting Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee…🚆
On top of the 3+-month Mardi Gras ridership numbers at 46,000 (442 average riders/day, or about 110 per one-way trip; a 64% occupancy rate), Amtrak and the city of Mobile are moving forward with plans for a permanent platform canopy to open by the end of 2026. (Tents are in place currently)
Coming soon to Mobile – permanent Amtrak platform and covering
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service is off to a booming start, but some passengers have complained about a lack of covering in sweltering heat or pouring rain. That changes next year.
www.fox10tv.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
On top of the 3+-month Mardi Gras ridership numbers at 46,000 (442 average riders/day, or about 110 per one-way trip; a 64% occupancy rate), Amtrak and the city of Mobile are moving forward with plans for a permanent platform canopy to open by the end of 2026. (Tents are in place currently)
For reference, these are my photos from Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor/MBTA Providence Line at Readville (left) and end of extant rails on the the CSX CH Spur in Lakeland, Florida (right; former Atlantic Coast Line) 🛤️
Tip for private photographers, influencers, pedestrians, rookie railfans & general public:
If train tracks you are near look like those at left (top of rail is shiny silver), don’t be on them at any time/place but for designated crossings.
Abandoned look like the at right: rusted on top, go nowhere.
If train tracks you are near look like those at left (top of rail is shiny silver), don’t be on them at any time/place but for designated crossings.
Abandoned look like the at right: rusted on top, go nowhere.
December 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
For reference, these are my photos from Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor/MBTA Providence Line at Readville (left) and end of extant rails on the the CSX CH Spur in Lakeland, Florida (right; former Atlantic Coast Line) 🛤️
Tip for private photographers, influencers, pedestrians, rookie railfans & general public:
If train tracks you are near look like those at left (top of rail is shiny silver), don’t be on them at any time/place but for designated crossings.
Abandoned look like the at right: rusted on top, go nowhere.
If train tracks you are near look like those at left (top of rail is shiny silver), don’t be on them at any time/place but for designated crossings.
Abandoned look like the at right: rusted on top, go nowhere.
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Tip for private photographers, influencers, pedestrians, rookie railfans & general public:
If train tracks you are near look like those at left (top of rail is shiny silver), don’t be on them at any time/place but for designated crossings.
Abandoned look like the at right: rusted on top, go nowhere.
If train tracks you are near look like those at left (top of rail is shiny silver), don’t be on them at any time/place but for designated crossings.
Abandoned look like the at right: rusted on top, go nowhere.
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The NFTA announced today that Buffalo Metro Rail will start serving the restored DL&W terminal on Dec. 8th, the system's first new station since 1986(!)
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youtu.be/IqXRk1VoIG0?...
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youtu.be/IqXRk1VoIG0?...
Restored DL&W station set to open December 8th
YouTube video by WGRZ-TV
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The NFTA announced today that Buffalo Metro Rail will start serving the restored DL&W terminal on Dec. 8th, the system's first new station since 1986(!)
(cc: @railmag.bsky.social)
youtu.be/IqXRk1VoIG0?...
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youtu.be/IqXRk1VoIG0?...
A bugaboo for me has been that there should be a use for the original Acela coaches once the Avelias are all in service. But examples like this show most of them will just be too shoddy to do much with aside from stationary displays at RR museums…
December 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A bugaboo for me has been that there should be a use for the original Acela coaches once the Avelias are all in service. But examples like this show most of them will just be too shoddy to do much with aside from stationary displays at RR museums…