SPECIAL REPORT:
2025 Passenger Rail Trends Passenger rail operators invest in cleaner fleets, preemptively address climate change impacts and introduce passenger rail service to new communities.
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14 Mass Transit | MAY/JUNE 2025
BY MEGAN PERRERO, EDITOR IN CHIEF
assenger rail operators continue to deploy a variety of strategies to strengthen infrastructure, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and update rolling stock as they work to regain ridership. Several agencies have set recent post-pandemic ridership records, including Metrolink recording its highest weekend ridership in agency history. The agency saw the highest number of weekend