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NJ Transit settles lawsuits from fatal 2016 Hoboken train crash Updated May 13, 2021; The estate of a young mother who was killed by falling debris and three other passengers who were injured after an NJ Transit train slammed through a barrier in Hoboken Terminal on Sept. 29, 2016, had their respective multi-million dollar lawsuits settled by the agency on Wednesday. One person was killed and 108 people were injured in the crash that caused $6 million in property damage. NJ Transit spokeswoman Nancy Snyder declined to disclose the amounts of the settlement, saying the cases were still consid...

Print North County Transit District Executive Director Matthew Tucker will receive a 3.7 percent raise on Dec. 15, boosting his annual base salary to $279,179. He also will receive a one-time performance-based payment of $18,843. Tucker’s base salary, under an agreement the NCTD board approved in November, will increase to $315,000 on Dec. 15, 2018, and to $330,000 a year later, subject to his satisfactory annual performance evaluation. This year’s evaluation states that Tucker exceeded expectations in several areas including improved on-time performance by buses and trains, implementatio...

‘Amtrak Joe’ Marks Amtrak’s 50th Written by David Peter Alan, Contributing Editor April 30, 2021 was a cool, sunny and windy day in Philadelphia, as President Joe Biden joined Amtrak officials and selected guests to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the day “America’s Railroad” began operations. It was a day that many rail passengers at the time never thought would come. Amtrak was founded to relieve the private-sector freight railroads of their obligation to run passenger trains, and most of the trains that left their points of or...

Hedlund Biden’s Begeman-Replacement STB Pick April 29, 2021 Hedlund Biden’s Begeman-Replacement STB Pick Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief President Joe Biden will nominate Democrat Karen J. Hedlund, current Vice President and National Rail Strategy Advisor at WSP USA and former Federal Railroad Administration Deputy Administrator, to replace Republican Ann Begeman on the Surface Transportation Board. Begeman’s term expired Dec. 31, 2020, and by statute she could have remained up to 12 months in holdover status, until Dec....

South Shore train delayed on Saturday By: Benjamin Pilarski A South Shore Line train is operating on a delay on Saturday. Both WB Train 606 and WB Train 504 are currently delayed 15-20 minutes due to Positive Train Control (PTC). Share this article: