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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: Manhattan (New York City), Transportation Accidents, Disasters and Accidents, South Norwalk, Union Pacific Corporation
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Commuters Face Nightmare As Search Begins for Cause of Metro North Crash
The Hartford Courant— Three people remain in critical condition after a the collision of two Metro-North trains near the Fairfield-Bridgeport line Friday night, and commuters face a week of headaches with service blocked between New Haven and South Norwalk. More than...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Grand Central Terminal, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Government, Transportation Industry
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Investigators seek cause of New York commuter train crash
Reuters(Reuters) - Federal investigators on Saturday searched for the cause of a rush-hour train crash in Connecticut that injured dozens of people commuting home from New York City, three of them critically. More than 60 people were hospitalized Friday night...Tags: Connecticut Department of Transportation, Government, Transportation Industry, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City
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Sesenta heridos al colisionar dos trenes de pasajeros en Connecticut
ReutersPor Michelle McLoughlin FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, 18 may (Reuters) - Sesenta personas han resultado heridas cuando un tren de pasajeros con rumbo al este procedente de Nueva York descarriló cerca del suburbio de Fairfield, en Connecticut, tras...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Sharon, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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Amtrak suspends New York-Boston service after train accident
ReutersMay 17 (Reuters) - Amtrak indefinitely suspended service from New York's Penn Station to Boston on Friday after a Metro-North Railroad train derailed and struck another train near Fairfield, Connecticut, the company said. There were no reports of...Tags: Metro-North Railroad, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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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: Manhattan (New York City), Transportation Accidents, Grand Central Terminal, Railway Accidents, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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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: Baltimore Red Line, Baltimore County, Highway Transportation, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Camden Line
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Amtrak replacing 35-year-old cars in Northeast, Pennsylvania
Amtrak is receiving the first of 70 electric locomotives made by Siemens AG intended to replace decades-old equipment. The first three locomotives bought with money from a $532 million U.S. Federal Railroad Administration loan are coming off the...Tags: Siemens
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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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In Boston, Wi-Fi response 'tremendous'
Boston's commuter rail passengers have had the benefit of wireless Internet aboard their trains for years, unlike their Metra brethren in Chicago. The Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad provides Wi-Fi on 258 of its 410 coaches, through a deal signed...Tags: Boston, Metra, Computing and Information Technology 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: Science and Technology, Public Transportation, Computer Hardware, Advertising, McDonald's
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Chicago overnight report
Tribune reporterA wrap-up of news from the Tribune's breaking news desk. • The great-nephew of a prominent Englewood community activist was fatally shot as he was driving from his great-grandmother's home Sunday afternoon in the Englewood neighborhood, according...Tags: Englewood, Shootings
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