Set aside the schedule of Amtrak's northbound Silver Star from Miami to New York through Tampa and get to the station two hours early until Oct. 7. The Silver Star is scheduled to leave Tampa at 3:17 p.m. rather than 5:17 p.m. to accommodate CSX Transportation track work. ...more

September 30, 2009

Railroad Street will be closed at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 5 between Bowman Avenue and Center Avenue until further notice, due to the installation of underground utilities by KDL Underground, Inc., per jack and bore under the CSX railroad tracks at Center Avenue for the construction of the Sebring Parkway Phase II project. ...more

August 5, 2009

Investigators are still piecing together what caused a crash this morning between a car and a CSX freight train in Frostproof. ...more

May 20, 2009

A man suffered a head injury late Thursday after being struck by a freight train while lying on railroad tracks, police said. ...more

May 1, 2009

Recker Highway in Auburndale is shut down after a pedestrian was hit by a train, the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. ...more

March 31, 2009

A U.S. General Accounting Office report raises questions about the type of liability agreement the state wants to sign with CSX Transportation in the Central Florida commuter rail project. ...more

March 30, 2009

Sen. Paula Dockery admits she is more than a little annoyed. During one of the state's worst budget years in recent memory, she is once again compelled to fight a $641 million deal to buy 61 miles of track from CSX for a commuter rail system. ...more

March 27, 2009

Says she'll also fight for education to be 'fully funded.' ...more

March 26, 2009

Dade City will see a 50 percent increase in freight train traffic even if the state's commuter rail deal with CSX falls apart, a rail executive told city commissioners. ...more

March 26, 2009

Amtrak's northbound Silver Star will not serve Tampa and Lakeland on Mondays through Thursdays from March 16 through April 9 because of track repair, but passengers will be bused to Orlando to make connections with the train to New York. ...more

March 10, 2009