Transportation News

A new railroad bridge to replace the viaduct that collapsed in 2012 over Shermer Road could be in place by the end of the this year, under an expedited schedule recently released by Union Pacific Railroad , according to a village news release.

Authorities have not disclosed the identify of a Long Beach man who jumped to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge over the weekend.

A US Airways flight made a belly landing at Newark International Airport in the early morning hours on Saturday after the plane reported a problem with its landing gear, a spokesman for the airline said.

The control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport as seen from a Metro train stop March 24, 2011 in Washington, DC.

The chief executive of Delta Air Lines says he plans to add jobs at the carrier's reservation center in the northeastern Minnesota city of Chisholm.

In fact, 2012 was a record year for extra-fee revenues: U.S. airlines raked in a staggering $6.03 billion in baggage and reservation-change fees, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Roger Carr, Chairman of Centrica and outgoing president of the Confederation of British Industry, is the front runner to become the next chairman of Europe's largest defence contractor BAE Systems.

Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. says it is freezing its pension plan for employees who are not in a union.

IF ANYONE can produce proof that there was a time when this country's state-owned national airline, in whatever incarnation, made a real profit over a sustained period, meaning at least one year, I would surrender my sanity and vote in the next election.

Sometimes it seems there's a deliberate attempt by bureaucrats to use language as off-putting as possible with the purpose of creating a wall of boredom that only the most determined or demented will take the time to penetrate.

The company behind Greyhound buses and the First Capital Connect rail franchise is poised to tap shareholders for 500m in new funds months after it lost out in the fiasco over the West Coast mainline.

As travelers start thinking about winging off to summer vacations, many could learn a few things from expert fliers to ensure they get the best value for their money when booking flights.

There's everything from hula dancing and cuddles with Mickey to fire dance displays and beach fun on Oahu.

An airport police officer is dead and his wife sits in jail. The Loudoun County Sheriff's Office says 52-year-old Steven Spradling was shot to death around 9 p.m. on Friday in the couple's Sterling, Va home.

The commuter train derailment and collision that left dozens injured outside New York City was not the result of foul play, officials said Saturday, but a fractured section of rail is being studied to determine if it is connected to the accident.

Firefighters sprayed foam on Piedmont Airlines Flight 4560, operating for US Airways, after it made an emergency belly landing around 1 a.m. at Newark Liberty International Airport.

Several people were removed from a New Jersey Transit bus shortly after midnight Friday while authorities checked out a suspicious bag left in the cargo hold, police said.

Shoppers could be hitting outlet stores in Clarksburg as early as 2015, if one developer is able to meet projected timelines.

An airline official says a US Airways flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble.

The inaugural flight of low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines rolls under a water canon as it departs the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Friday May 17, 2013.