Inventory issues prompt worker concerns at Springfield rail car plant

Many of the 406 workers making subway cars in Springfield fear for their jobs, if their Chinese-owned plant runs out of its ...
MassLive

MBTA subway work coming to Springfield; CNR Changchun Railway of China to build Orange and Red line cars

SPRINGFIELD — Work assembling $1.5 billion in new subway cars for the MBTA is coming to Springfield. According to an advanced schedule put out by Gov. Deval Patrick late Monday afternoon, Patrick, who ...
Railway Age

Tentative pact for BLET, Springfield Terminal

The Springfield Terminal Railway has reached a tentative contract agreement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen. Ratification ballots for the approximately 80 BLET members in the ...
WTNH

New data shows a railway between Springfield, Hartford, Boston could bring thousands of jobs to the region

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — The fight continues for more rail service here in Connecticut and throughout southern New England. Regional leaders are trying to get federal funding to create a new east-west ...
Railway Technology

Springfield Rail Improvements Project

The Springfield Rail Improvements Project aims to enhance rail line capacity to accommodate and reduce the effects of the increasing high‐speed passenger and freight train traffic on the three ...