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97 injured in Md. Amtrak crash
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An Amtrak passenger train derailed in Kensington yesterday, toppling six rail cars and tossing unsuspecting passengers from their seats and sleeper compartments, the Washington Post reported. Of the 176 people on board, 97 were treated at...
Rail workers stage one-day strike, leaving tourists stuck across Italy
ROME -- Tourists sat in frustration on their backpacks in the muggy heat of train stations across Italy on Friday amid a one-day rail strike that affected service across the nation, reported a wire service. The strike, resulting from a contract dispute, began Thursday...
Amtrak bailout bodes well for Montana tourism
MISSOULA, Mont. -- A month ago, Amtrak was in dire straits, begging for a bailout to keep its trains running. Yet last week, Congress approved $205 million for Amtrak with no strings attached, on top of a prior loan of $100 million from the U.S. Department of...
Amtrak lays off 64 in Riverside
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Amtrak laid off 64 people at its West Coast reservation center in Riverside on Monday, citing increased use of its automated booking system and efforts to reorganize the railroad, according to the Press-Enterprise. The passenger rail service laid...
Train derailment blocks Heartland Flyer
OKLAHOMA CITY -- According to the Daily Oklahoman, Amtrak passengers had to take a bus from Fort Worth, Texas, into Oklahoma Friday night after a freight train wreck near Ardmore blocked the tracks, authorities said. Dave Raybern, a spokesman with the Oklahoma...
Trooping into Penn Station
NEW YORK -- National Guard troops will patrol Penn Station beginning Sunday, to make up for a shortage in Amtrak cops, according to the New York Post. A half-dozen Guard members will be assigned to work each shift in Amtrak's area of the station, the sources said....
Germany opens high-speed rail line
BERLIN -- Germany's national railroad inaugurated on Thursday a new high-speed connection between Cologne and Frankfurt, which cuts about an hour off the existing journey and will whiz travelers between the two cities in 76 minutes, reports a wire service. Deutsche...
REIT chairman seeks Union Station partner
CHICAGO -- The chairman of Prime Group Realty Trust affirmed his company's commitment Wednesday to rebuilding Chicago's Union Station but said he must find a deep-pocketed partner if the project is to start anytime soon, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. "Union...
Police arrest heavily armed teen girl at Boston’s South Station
BOSTON -- According to the Boston Herald, a heavily armed 16-year-old runaway from upstate New York was arrested by Amtrak and MBTA police at South Station Tuesday just minutes before she was about to board a train to the Big Apple, authorities said. Police say the...
LIRR numbers lagging
NEW YORK -- After a banner year in 2001, a sagging city economy and the aftermath of Sept. 11 have pushed overall ridership on the Long Island Rail Road down 2.6 percent so far this year, railroad officials said at an MTA meeting yesterday. According to Newsday, the...
