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Metro-North Train Crash Highlights Infrastructure Need
On Friday evening at rush hour, two Metro-North railroad trains, one heading east out of Grand Central Terminal in New York City, the other heading west out of New Haven toward the Big Apple, approached each other on parallel tracks near Bridgeport. In...Tags: Highway Transportation, Disasters and Accidents, Grand Central Terminal, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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Tráfico pesado pero el plan de Metro-Norte para los que viajan hacia sus trabajos continua como esperado
El Hartford CourantEl tráfico era pesado y los trenes corrían varios minutos tarde, pero el plan para movilizar miles de trabajadores circundando las líneas de ferrocarril deshabilitadas en Bridgeport continuaban sin problemas durante el lunes. El descarrilamiento y...Tags: Dannel P. Malloy , Hamden (New Haven, Connecticut), Norwalk (Fairfield, Connecticut), South Norwalk, Washington, DC
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MARC gets a boost
Last week presented the sort of opportunity that elected officials crave. As Gov. Martin O'Malley signed the gas tax increase into law, he announced a slew of new Maryland transportation projects — $1.2 billion in all — that can now move...
Tags: Cecil County, Public Transportation, Elections, Politics, Penn Line
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Damaged trains being removed from wreck site
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Commuter trains damaged in a crash in Connecticut were being removed Sunday in the first step to making repairs and restoring service, the agency that runs Metro-North said. Aaron Donovan, spokesman for the Metropolitan...
Tags: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Mount Vernon, Railway Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, Grand Central Terminal
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Metra: Rock Island District service resumes after Amtrak derailment
Metra service on the Rock Island District line resumed this afternoon after an Amtrak train derailment block the Metra tracks at 16th Street, according to Metra. Metra trains were not allowed to enter or exit the LaSalle Street station due to the...
Tags: Railway Accidents, Metra, Transportation Accidents
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Amtrak crash limits service between New York and Boston
Amtrak service between New York and Boston was limited Saturday as investigators gathered evidence from Friday's collision between two Metro-North Railroad commuter trains in. The crash involving about 700 passengers in Bridgeport, Conn., injured...Tags: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Disasters and Accidents, FBI, Railway Accidents, Transportation Industry
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Investigators probe Connecticut train crash
Federal investigators gathered Saturday at the site of the Connecticut train crash that left dozens of commuters injured Friday evening. Eight people remained hospitalized, three in critical condition, officials said. As many as 70 people were injured...
Tags: Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Railway Accidents, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Transportation Industry, New York City
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Man struck, killed by Amtrak train on South Side
A 60-year-old man was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in the West Pullman neighborhood Sunday evening, authorities said. The man was struck near the intersection of 116th and South State Street, police and fire officials said. He was pronunced...
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More than 20 injured as commuter trains collide outside N.Y.
NEW YORK -- A train derailment and collision during evening rush hour injured 20 to 25 people, but none of the injuries are life-threatening, police in Fairfield, Conn., said Friday as emergency workers began scouring the mangled wreckage blocking the...
Tags: Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Railway Accidents, Grand Central Terminal, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Transportation Industry
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Cost has Metra leery of Wi-Fi
Reading newspapers and books or taking naps were once the prime pastimes for Metra customers. Now nearly half the riders are using personal electronic devices like laptops, smartphones, iPads and Kindles, and that percentage has doubled since 2010, a...
Tags: Advertising, Electronics, McDonald's, Public Transportation, Marketing
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MARC expanding service to weekends on Penn line between Baltimore, DC
BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland is expanding MARC rail service beyond the work week. State transportation officials say the transportation bill signed Thursday includes $100 million for enhancement for MARC, including weekend service on the Penn line,...Tags: Maryland Transit Administration, Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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MARC to add weekend service to Washington
Maryland's MARC commuter trains, which have always operated Monday through Friday, will begin offering weekend service between Baltimore and Washington on the Penn Line in coming months. The expansion — put on hold in 2008 when the recession hit...
Tags: Highway Transportation, Cecil County, Maryland Department of Transportation, Penn Line, Maryland Stadium Authority
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