Alstom has secured a contract valued at €2bn ($2.3bn) to supply 316 commuter rail cars to the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North Railroad, divisions of the New York Metropolitan ...

LONG ISLAND, N.Y. –– Former New York Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who became a leading advocate for gun reform after her husband was killed and son wounded in a mass shooting aboard a Long Island Rail Road ...

All of the cars will be delivered by 2032, with the pilot cars to be delivered in 2029, and put into service by 2030. The M-9A cars will replace Metro-North’s M-3 cars that are beyond their service ...

Looking to make its dollar go further, Metra turned to Progress Rail to convert former freight locomotives into passenger power for Chicago. Over the past few years, Sean Cronin, Senior Director of ...

An woman was struck and killed by an MBTA commuter rail train in Avon on Thursday, May 22, according to Superintendent of the Transit Police Department Richard Sullivan.

Bad weather has delayed a meeting with the MBTA in Fall River to discuss problems with South Coast Rail. Here are the details.

The MBTA is testing out a new vegetable oil-based fuel on some commuter rail trains, which reduces carbon emissions by 70%.

Collisions between commuter rail trains and road vehicles occurred in Concord, Canton, Abington and Cohasset despite functioning safety systems.

Although the Northstar Commuter Line could be shut down, its trains could still be used to improve passenger rail throughout Minnesota.

Cohasset police said the crash occurred around 11:20 a.m. Saturday, when the Boston-bound Commuter Rail train crashed into the truck, killing the man.

A woman was killed at a railroad crossing when a commuter rail train crashed into her car in Abington on Wednesday, officials say.

No injuries were reported Wednesday when an MBTA commuter train collided with a tractor-trailer truck at a crossing in Canton, Massachusetts.