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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has nominated a vice president at AECOM, one of the world’s largest transportation and infrastructure companies, to serve as the next executive director of N.J. Transit. Kevin S. Corbett currently serves as vice

So-called “safety-sensitive” railroad personnel should be screened for obstructive sleep apnea, and technology such as positive train control should be used in terminal stations to improve the safety of operations, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in

Amtrak says a misaligned switch is to blame for a head-on collision that left two Amtrak employees dead and more than 100 passengers injured, reports indicate. Amtrak train No. 91, a Silver Star traveling from

BNSF Railway Co. plans to spend $3.3 billion on capital investments in 2018, a move that shows a continued focus on maintaining its network as well as expansion projects aimed at meeting customer demands, railroad officials said. Since 2000

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) recently unveiled new railcars built by Bombardier Transportation. Bombardier is supplying 775 new rail cars for BART’s Fleet of the Future. Twenty cars have been delivered from Bombardier’s