Instead of the promised electric locomotives, Shore Line East -- Metro-North's stepchild -- is getting hand-me-down, exhaust ...

Connecticut’s Shore Line East commuter rail operation could revert to diesel-powered trains under a budget-saving move, the state’s transportation commissioner told a budget hearing last week. The ...

DOT Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto said the return of diesel trains will allow the state to save money without cutting ...

NEW YORK — Amtrak is making “service adjustments” today (Sunday, Feb. 22) and Monday, Feb. 23, because of dangerous weather conditions, the passenger company said on Saturday. New York’s Metropolitan ...

Electrification was supposed to save the state money, but Connecticut's bad deal from Amtrak makes Shore Line East cost more than it's worth.

A new proposal from the CTDOT is looking to pull electric trains from the Shore Line East rail, to once again replace them with their diesel-related counterparts.

Most commuter rail and rail transit operations have resumed in the northeast after a blizzard that dropped more than 30 inches of snow in some portions of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Schedules may ...

It’s a reversal that would have seemed unthinkable just a few years ago.