We used to call these "commuter rail" services. But given regional transportation needs and a worldwide pandemic, Regional Rail is now the preferred term, with services focused on improving connections between suburbs and the central city. We'll look at historical US commuter rail providers like MBTA, SEPTA, Metro-North, LIRR, and NJ Transit, as well as taking closer looks at what our neighbors to the north (GO Transit in Toronto and exo in Montreal, and the Tren Suburbano in Mexico City) are up to.

Also, we'll spend some time exploring the new Moynihan Train Hall addition to NY Penn Station.

Check out ‪@RMTransit‬ for especially good Canadian content, but lots of international stuff, too --    / rmtransit  

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Resources:
NTD data: https://www.transit.dot.gov/ntd
https://www.caltrain.com/schedules/we...
https://exo.quebec/Media/Default/pdf/...
https://cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/fi...
http://www.septa.org/maps/system/inde...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tren_Su...
http://fsuburbanos.com/secciones/oper...
https://www.gotransit.com/static_file...
https://ridertools.metrarail.com/maps...
https://schedules.metrarail.com/pdf/a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metra#R...
https://www.rideuta.com/-/media/Files...
https://www.njtransit.com/schedules/p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro-N...
http://web.mta.info/lirr/Timetable/li...
http://web.mta.info/mnr/html/mnrmap.htm
https://new.mta.info/agency/metro-nor...
http://web.mta.info/lirr/Timetable/

Image Credits:
Paris RER By Frédéric de Villamil - originally posted to Flickr as Bir Hakeim – Grenelle, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Toluca rail By Bendito Coraje - https://benditocoraje.mx/wp-content/u..., CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
FrontRunner bike car By Ricardo630 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
FrontRunner By Joe Tordiff from one mile east o, the great salt lake - Front Runner, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Cotsa Rica rolling stock By Falk2 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Costa Rica regional rail map By Roqz - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
NJ Transit (thumbnail) By Adam E. Moreira - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Metra (thumbnail) By Russell Sekeet - Metra Rock Island 214Uploaded by Mackensen, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
GO (thumbnail) By Richard Sunichura - https://votechinlee.files.wordpress.c..., CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Tren Suburbano By Sofree - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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