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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, Railway Accidents, Metra
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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, Metro-North Railroad, Railway Transportation, Mount Vernon, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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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 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, Norwalk (Fairfield, Connecticut), Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), National Transportation Safety Board, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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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, U.S. Congress, Norwalk (Fairfield, Connecticut), Metro-North Railroad, Railway Transportation
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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: Grand Central Terminal, Transportation Accidents, Fairfield (Fairfield, Connecticut), Manhattan (New York City), National Transportation Safety Board
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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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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, Harford County, U.S. Congress, Maryland Area Regional Commuter Rail, Purple Line (Maryland)
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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: Computer Hardware, McDonald's, Marketing, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Metra
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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, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Metra
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Amtrak rolls out new locomotives for East Coast routes
The first of 70 new energy-efficient locomotives destined for Amtrak's East Coast service rolled off Monday morning from a Sacramento, Calif., assembly line. The locomotives, called Amtrak Cities Sprinters and built by Siemens Rail Systems, will...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Siemens
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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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