Trains news and trends

Large Railroads Tighten Schedules, Dole Out Late Fees
Travel Payments // May 29, 2019

Laying tracks to profits? Yes, for large railroad firms – but for some of their shipping customers, profits are taking a hit. As the financial news publication noted, large rail firms such as Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern are lengthening trains, while tightening schedules and...

Commuting’s a Drag, But Contactless Can Ease the Misery
Payments Innovation // July 08, 2017

Summer’s here, and the commute is likely sticky and dreary and just as long, or longer as it ever was.  We waste too much time on the way to salt mines and part of the problem lies in the inefficiencies of buying tickets in the...

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Google Debuts New Transit Congestion Feature

June 27, 2019
Google is introducing a new service that will tell users how crowded a train or bus will be, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. The new feature is available on Thursday (June 27) and it will work in upwards of 200 cities, with about 25 percent of them being in the U.S. […]