The Federal Railway Administration (FRA) issued a report this week on upgrades needed for the Northeast Corridor (NEC) rail system.

The report cited that the NEC is the most traveled of all U.S. commuter rail systems, transporting more than 700,000 passengers each weekday.  The NEC is comprised of a combination of rail lines including SEPTA, Amtrak, NJ Transit and others from Washington, D.C. to Boston.

In the report, the FRA’s administrator, Sarah Feinberg, was quoted as saying, “Trains that connect our nation’s university hub to its financial center to its capital ride over bridges built before 1910 and through tunnels built after the Civil War. NEC FUTURE will guide the region in developing a long-term framework to build a stronger Northeast Corridor that supports economic growth and creates jobs.”

Members of the Teamsters Rail Conference from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division work side by side on the NEC to keep the trains running efficiently and safely, everyday.

To read the report, click here.

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