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France train employees strike
PARIS -- To passengers, Eurostar is modern miracle, whisking them between Paris and London in three comfort-filled hours. But to Eurostar workers who went on strike Monday to protest what they say is lax security, the high-speed trains are terror targets waiting to be...
Train drivers at two U.K. rail companies name strike dates
LONDON -- The Associated Press reports that train drivers have named Dec. 14-15 and Dec. 21-22 as the strike dates in separate disputes over pay, Aslef said. The First North Western drivers held 48-hour strikes every weekend between September and late October, causing...
Bombardier gets C$90 million Swiss rail contract
MONTREAL -- Bombardier Inc. said on Monday it received a C$90 million ($57 million) order from the Geneva transport authority for 21 Cityrunner low-floor trams, with an option for 17 additional vehicles, Reuters reports. The Canadian aerospace and transport group said...
Md. betting rail expansion will get commuters on track
BALTIMORE -- Nothing makes Robin Ullman happier than bumper-to-bumper gridlock on the Jones Falls Expressway. The nightmarish traffic reports remind her, on a daily basis, why she takes the Baltimore Metro, the Baltimore Sun reported. "It sure beats the JFX at rush...
Muncie to seek quiet zone funding
MUNCIE, Ind. -- A quiet zone for Muncie's downtown will now depend on federal funds to silence train whistles and close some of the city's rail crossings, the Muncie Star Press reported. After meeting with Mayor Dan Canan and other community leaders, Congressman Mike...
Residents ask town to move UP tracks
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. -- Moving the Union Pacific railroad tracks from the middle of town to prevent another train-car accident was the overwhelming request of more than 175 people at a Monday evening public meeting, the Denver Post reported. The group of residents,...
BNSF and NS introduce new service for temperature-controlled commodities
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) announced a plan to introduce a new coast-to-coast carload service assurance program for temperature-controlled commodities moving from selected...
Cape Breton rail line nears its end
HALIFAX, N.S. -- A 160-kilometre stretch of money-losing rail line in Cape Breton has become a symbol of the area's economic woes and its hopes for the future, the Globe and Mail reported. Earlier this month, the Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway -- a...
BMWE members decline Boilermaker merger
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -- The proposed merger between the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes (BMWE) and the International Brotherhood of Boilermaker, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers (Boilermakers) was defeated on November 14 by a margin of...
Some investors jump off railway stocks
TORONTO -- Investors pulled back the throttle on Canadian railway stocks yesterday after a Morgan Stanley analyst trimmed his earnings estimates for next year because of lower projected auto production, the Globe and Mail reported. After the brokerage firm's auto...
