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Downeaster train starts off strong
BOSTON -- Amtrak's new Downeaster passenger train between Portland, Maine, and Boston had a good first week, with sold-out weekend runs and better-than-expected weekday business, the Boston Globe reports. Regular rail service resumed Dec. 16 for the first time in 36...
Opinion: Maglev questions
PITTSBURGH -- The maglev express barreled through Penn Township recently, touting claims of speedy travel from Greensburg to Pittsburgh but offering very little in the way of answers to residents' questions, according to an editorial in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review....
CSX train derails, spills chemicals
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- It could take days for crews to clean up the thousands of gallons of chemicals that spilled and caught fire after a freight train derailed and hit a house in western New York, a wire service reported. At least seven of the 42 cars of a CSX Corp....
Bombardier and Alstom win $204 million Swiss train deal
MONTREAL -- Bombardier Inc., the largest maker of passenger trains, and France's Alstom SA won a $204-million contract to supply trains to Switzerland's national railroad, the National Post reports. Bombardier, based in Montreal, and Alstom, a Paris-based engineering...
Collision in China kills 28
BEIJING, China -- A train struck a stalled minibus at a railway crossing in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang, killing 28 passengers and injuring 11, a wire service reported. The crash occurred at about 11 a.m. on Monday in the town of Artux, 2,100 miles west of...
Woman claims rail error
JACKSONVILLE -- A Florida woman says a railroad crossing arm malfunction put her in the path of a Florida East Coast Railway locomotive Dec. 11, and only the watchfulness of a passenger allowed her to back up before the arms came back down, the Florida Times-Union...
RailAmerica to list on New York Stock Exchange
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- RailAmerica, Inc., the world's largest operator of short line and regional freight railroads, today announced that its common stock has been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) with trading to commence Wednesday, January 2,...
Rail improvements will cut 20 minutes off Cary-Greensboro train trip
RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) today signed a contract with the North Carolina Railroad (NCRR) and Norfolk Southern Railway Company to make $24 million worth of improvements to the railroad tracks between Cary and Greensboro....
France’s new high-speed rail line a fast success
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- In the first six months of operation, France's newest high-speed rail line, TGV Mediterranee (TGV Med), has captured 60% of air and rail traffic on the 537 mile Paris-Marseille route, up from the 40% share that conventional (non high-speed) rail...
Groups oppose proposed rise in transit fares for New Jersey
NEWARK, N.J. -- A coalition of mass transit, consumer and environmental advocates joined here today to denounce proposed fare increases for New Jersey Transit buses and trains, urging state lawmakers to raise the consumer gasoline tax instead, according to the New...
