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Commuter trains have inside track with board
HARTFORD, Conn. -- New trains, improved stations and more parking are needed immediately to get commuters off the highways and keep pace with the growing demand for rail transit, according to a set of preliminary recommendations reviewed yesterday by state...
Railroad threatening Toyota bid
SAN ANTONIO -- Union Pacific Railroad officials said Tuesday they aren't prepared to allow a competitor to use their tracks in San Antonio to service a proposed Toyota truck factory, the San Antonio Express-News reported. The stance hurls a potential stumbling block...
Fast L.I. train criticized
NEW YORK -- A superfast subway train for Long Island commuters going downtown won’t save enough time to be worth the multibillion-dollar price tag, critics say. Newsday reports that the Civic Alliance to Rebuild Downtown, a coalition of more than 75 business,...
CPR’s CEO says Canadians losing out on economic growth because government policy discriminates against rail
VANCOUVER -- Canadians are losing out on economic growth, cleaner air and safer, less congested roads because government taxation and investment policies routinely and consistently discriminate against the country's railways, Robert Ritchie, President and Chief...
UP fined for one engineer operations
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Union Pacific Railroad has agreed to pay a fine to settle charges that it violated state railroad regulations by operating trains with only one engineer at the controls, the Arizona Daily Star reported. Under a settlement approved Tuesday by the...
Commuters could face fare hikes, service reductions or both
NEW YORK -- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is considering raising subway and bus fares, cutting services or a combination of both to slash its large budget deficit, Newsday reported. Under one proposal, the MTA would increase the $1.50 fare by 50 cents and...
M.T.A. gets choice: Raise transit fares, cut service, or both
NEW YORK -- The New York Times reports that the chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority will propose either raising transit fares and tolls, reducing service or a combination of both when the agency's board meets tomorrow, state officials said yesterday....
UP freight train derails in Aptos
APTOS, Calif. -- A train derailment in Aptos Monday forced a dozen residents off track as they had to detour their evening commutes through the wreckage, the Register-Pajaronian reported. Around 6 p.m., a Davenport Union-Pacific freight train, heading south with a...
NTSB: Sleep caused Mich. train wreck
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A Michigan train wreck that killed two men last year was caused because both crew members of the oncoming train were suffering from severe sleep apnea and dozed off, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a report approved Tuesday....
United Airlines unveils pay cut plan for non-union employees
HONOLULU, Hawaii -- UAL Corp. says it will save $1.3 billion in five years by cutting non-union employee salaries 2.8 percent to 10.7 percent, skipping 2002 merit raises, and issuing stock options to the affected people, Pacific Business News reported. These details,...
