The refusal to reopen a benefits determination by a board that oversees decisions on railroad workers’ pensions can be challenged in federal court, a divided Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
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A federal judge preliminarily blocked Union Pacific Railroad maintenance workers from going on strike over demands for more paid Covid leave, given the parties are actively negotiating a collective bargaining agreement.
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The railroad industry has installed an automatic braking system on nearly 58,000 miles of track where it is required ahead of a yearend deadline, federal regulators said Tuesday.
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A swan mourning the death of its companion on a German railway track held up 23 trains for almost an hour and had to be removed by firefighters using special equipment, police said.
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Union Pacific Railroad wants a federal judge to block the union for its maintenance workers from going on strike over demands for more paid Covid leave, since the parties are actively negotiating a collective bargaining agreement.
Read moreOklahoma’s “Blocked Crossing Statute,” which limits the amount of time that a train can block traffic at a railroad intersection with a highway or street, is “facially unconstitutional,” a federal court in the state ruled, finding that it is preempted by the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act.
Read moreThough it affirmed that Lithuania’s national railway company abused its dominant market position, keeping Latvia’s service from participating in certain oil transportation, the European General Court set the fine Wednesday at $23.8 million, a reduction of nearly $10 million.
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A top German court on Tuesday approved the construction of the world’s longest combined rail and road tunnel that is expected to slash journey times from northern Germany to Denmark.
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Once a gleaming symbol of early 20th-century ambition and prosperity, Hoboken’s grand rail terminal now sits as a somber reminder of the daunting challenges facing mass transit in the New York region.
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Three railroad workers have been suspended for turning a storage room under New York’s Grand Central Terminal into an unauthorized “man cave” with a television, a refrigerator, a microwave and a futon couch, officials said Thursday.
Read moreIn a complaint filed in Harris County, Texas, Union Pacific Railroad Company is accused of knowingly contaminating residential neighborhoods in Houston’s Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens neighborhoods, causing plaintiffs to allegedly suffer cancer, death and property damage.
Read moreThe Union Pacific Railroad sued the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen in federal court, seeking to compel arbitration on a dispute over whether the railroad may require union workers to complete Covid-19 prevention training.
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The British government took over the railways on Monday in a bid to ensure services keep running for key workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read moreUnion Pacific Railroad and Chicago union workers sued each other on Friday over the implementation of a new attendance policy and the prospect of a strike.
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A 62-mile light-rail expansion project can move forward after a ruling from Washington’s Supreme Court upheld a voter-approved increase in vehicle registration taxes.
Read moreDogged by cost overruns and contract management issues, California High Speed Rail raised the estimate of its total cost by $1.3 billion on Wednesday as it released its draft business plan for 2020.
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Nationwide strikes against French President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to overhaul France’s pension system will enter the New Year and become France’s longest-running rail strike in the country’s history.
Read moreBNSF Railway, Norfolk Southern Railway, CST Transportation and Union Pacific Railroad have been sued 29 times this week, around the country, in antitrust complaints accusing them of fixing prices on freight charges.
Read moreMotiva Enterprises claims BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway, and Union Pacific Railroad “made billions of dollars by fixing prices for fuel surcharges from July 2003 to Dec. 31, 2008,” in federal court.
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