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Officials warn of commuter chaos from Connecticut derailment
ReutersBRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (Reuters) - Thousands of Connecticut commuters should brace for travel chaos on Monday as Metro-North workers repair damage on the United States' busiest rail line caused by the collision of two trains, officials warned on Sunday....Tags: Commuting, South Norwalk, Railway Transportation, Executive Branch, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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Commuters Face Nightmare As Search Continues For Cause Of Metro-North Crash
The Hartford Courant— The roughly 125,000 commuters who rely on the Metro North rail line – as well as thousands of other travelers -- face a potential nightmare of detours and traffic jams after the collision of two trains shut down tracks between the...Tags: Commuting, Executive Branch, Railway Transportation, Transportation Industry, Westport
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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: Transportation Accidents, Metra, Railway Accidents
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Former railroad property eyed as site for sewage treatment plant
The Valley News-Dispatch, Tarentum, Pa.A slice of former railroad property is gaining favor as the site for Summit's proposed sewage treatment facility. The plant would treat sewage for about 500 homes and businesses in the village of Herman. The township is working with Buffalo Township,...Tags: Plant Openings, Waste, Railway Transportation, Butler County, FEMA
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Sewage plant may go near trail
The Valley News-Dispatch, Tarentum, Pa.A slice of former railroad property is gaining favor as the site of Summit's proposed sewage treatment facility. The long-proposed plant would provide public sewage treatment for about 500 homes and businesses in the village of Herman. The township is...Tags: Plant Openings, Waste, Railway Transportation, Butler County, FEMA
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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: South Norwalk, Railway Transportation, Transportation Industry, Railway Accidents, New York City
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Group: Big dreams for local mass transit achievable
The Virginian-PilotIt was unanimous. All 30 tables of participants in last year's Reality Check conference on the region's future said transportation was a key issue to tackle. Twenty-seven, or 90 percent, supported expanding mass transit. On Thursday, about 150 people...Tags: Bill Clinton, Oceans, Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization, Bodies of Water, George H.W. Bush
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Crash derails travel plans
Boston HeraldDerailed train passengers were scrambling yesterday to make alternate travel plans after two packed commuter trains collided outside Bridgeport, Conn., injuring 72 people and smashing the rail lines that serve one of the nation's busiest transit...Tags: Yale University, Railway Transportation, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Transportation Industry, Dannel P. Malloy
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Chances of Wi-Fi on Metra get dimmer
The chances of Metra riders getting wireless Internet access appear to have diminished considerably after officials refused to approve further evaluation of adding Wi-Fi service to trains. Several members of Metra's board agreed Friday with member...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Investigators examine fractured rail in Connecticut train crash
ReutersBRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (Reuters) - A fractured segment of track has been found on the rail line of a Metro-North passenger train from New York that derailed in Connecticut and struck another commuter train, injuring more than 70 people, investigators...Tags: FBI, Executive Branch, Railway Transportation, Transportation Industry, Dannel P. Malloy
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Local passengers affected by New York-New Haven Amtrak service suspension
The Day, New London, Conn.Amtrak service between New York and New Haven will not operate at least through Sunday, Amtrak announced this morning. Service was disrupted after two commuter trains collided Friday near Bridgeport, injuring 70. "The damage and destruction at the...Tags: Executive Branch, New London (New London, Connecticut), Transportation Industry, Regional Authority, Dannel P. Malloy
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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: Transportation Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board, South Norwalk, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Transportation Industry
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