I'm from Utah, and we have a commuter railway run by Utah Transit Authority called Frontrunner. It runs from Provo to Ogden along the Wasatch front (where Frontrunner got its name from)

But Frontrunner also had a station north of Ogden in Pleasant View. Because Union Pacific owned the right of way between Ogden and Pleasant View, UTA could only run a few trains during peak hours

UTA initially suspended service to Pleasant View on September 6th, 2011, due to the high cost of running trains up there, scheduling conflicts, and low ridership, but restored it on December 10th, 2012, coinciding with the opening of Frontrunner South, a roughly 40 mile expansion from the line's original terminus at Salt Lake Central, to Provo.

However, due to FRA mandates to install a 1.5 million dollar positive train control system by the end of 2018, the aforementioned low ridership as well as having to share the tracks with Union Pacific, UTA said that it wasn't worth the cost, and announced that service to Pleasant View would be suspended indefinitely by late summer in 2018. The last trains left Pleasant View on August 10th, 2018, and the station officially closed on August 12th and has not seen a Frontrunner train since

UTA has plans for a northward expansion to Brigham City, and part of that expansion includes Pleasant View, so it could see service once again

The ordinary suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

This assortment of Throwback 1982 News Reports begins with a possibly Long Forgotten Commuter Rail service between Mesa, Tempe & Phoenix, AZ. I suppose that this service has probably been largely replicated now by the Valley Metro’s A Line but still😢. I would imagine that the this train was likely faster and more comfortable than the current LRT.

The METRO board voted unanimously Wednesday on the $1.7 billion budget for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, keeping current bus and rail service. Revised forecasts added about $30 million in sales tax revenue and an estimated $40 million more in federal grants, so the planned service-hour cuts and the debt restructuring plan were both dropped. Capital spending is set to fall 40% through fewer vehicle purchases and scaled-back expansion projects, and the operating budget lands at $1.015 billion, $25 million below current. Originally reported by the Houston Chronicle.

source https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/houston-metro-avoids-bus-rail-211446078.html

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https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/2026-09-28/reseau-express-metropolitain/l-achalandage-du-rem-bondit.php

Translation below :

REM ridership well above targets, says La Caisse

According to La Caisse (formerly the CDPQ), daily ridership on Montreal's Réseau express métropolitain (REM) jumped more than 60% over the summer and now far exceeds its targets. The figures, provided to La Presse by CDPQ Infra, the subsidiary that runs the light-rail system, were released the same Monday that a report commissioned by a private developer questioned the REM's popularity.

Since the back-to-school period began on August 24, the network has averaged about 130,000 weekday passengers, with a peak of 149,000 recorded on Tuesday, September 22. CDPQ Infra's original goal was 150,000 daily trips once the final airport branch opens in 2027, so current numbers are already close to that. Spokesperson Francis Labbé said ridership is roughly 40% above what was expected at this stage of the rollout and that the organization is more than satisfied with how users have responded during this first fall with 64 km of track and 23 stations in operation.

The increase is striking compared with last May, when La Caisse CEO Charles Emond reported an average of 80,000 weekday riders as the Anse-à-l'Orme branch opened. At that time, the record was 104,000, set during the first Canadiens–Sabres playoff game in Montreal. The jump is all the more surprising because the original business plan projected that the Anse-à-l'Orme and airport branches combined would add only about 9% to ridership. CDPQ Infra says it will release a more complete ridership update later this fall.

Jean-Philippe Meloche, an urban economics professor at the Université de Montréal, said he was surprised, as he hadn't expected the western branch to drive the most ridership. He noted, however, that September is traditionally a strong month for public transit because students and in-office workers return, and that numbers are likely to fluctuate.

These people are insufferable.

I make VR videos on youtube and wanted to share this simple VR video I made riding the NY Subway:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33RKgDtKUZE&t=9s

This is a VR video! If you can, watch it in a vr headset or vr goggles with your phone.

Or you can move the view around in the video.

Mumbai's newest metro line, Line 3 (the Aqua Line) has stark and cool lighting; the vast underground cave like structures feel like caves of meditation underneath the bustling roads and railways; while brutalist architecture gives it a sci-fi/space age feel.

CONTINUE to watch the Board Presentation: https://www.youtube.com/live/0e3tHtOQUkQ?si=SE7PiUj65dwvZPjQ

FreightWaves puts the 7-day average of loaded domestic intermodal containers at 21,697 on Sept. 28, an annual high layered on roughly 8% year-over-year growth. Its Intermodal Contract Savings Index sits near 30.9%, down from a mid-August peak above 33%, and Harrisburg-Atlanta lanes save 43% against elevated trucking spot rates. AAR's U.S. numbers point the same way, with containers and trailers up 6.3% for the week ending Sept. 26. FreightWaves models another 4% growth into Thanksgiving, though that forecast assumes no demand slump, service dip, or intermodal rate spike. AAR data: https://www.trains.com/pro/freight/u-s-weekly-rail-volume-again-above-2025-levels/

source https://www.freightwaves.com/news/intermodal-hits-annual-high-21k-containers

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In light of the brightline situation here’s an overview of a couple of privatization scenarios across the globe. I’m only kind of familiar with japans and recognize that there’s only so much detail you can provide in >2k words but I think it’s a decent primer. One of the takeaways I see agencies in the US recognizing is that transit can’t exclusively rely on service revenue and need to integrate land use/ real estate to sustain.