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Acela traffic jumps after attacks
NEW YORK -- Amtrak's high-speed Acela Express train service has seen a 35 percent jump in traffic, due largely to setbacks in airline shuttle service in the Northeast since the Sept. 11 attacks, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Friday. Some...
Amtrak service halted for duffel bag search
RICHMOND, Va. -- Passenger train service through Amtrak's station in Henrico County was halted yesterday because of a small duffel bag that apparently had been accidentally left on an Amtrak train that ended its run at the station Saturday night, the Richmond...
Camera program needs money
CHICAGO -- A controversial camera program that has dramatically reduced the number of train-car collisions at a dangerous Wood Dale railroad crossing may be in jeopardy unless the city finds the money to keep it going after Nov. 30, the Daily Herald reports. In the...
Sacramento rail project rolls ahead
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A Friday meeting in Omaha between top city and Union Pacific railroad officials appears to have ended a recent stalemate over development of the downtown railyards, the Sacramento Bee reports. Union Pacific, owner of the largely unused 240-acre...
Monorail, light rail in ‘showdown’ over funds
SEATTLE -- Several billion dollars from now, commuters could be whizzing in light-rail trains and elevated monorail cars from Northgate to downtown Seattle and beyond, the Seattle Times reports. For drivers stuck in traffic, that might sound like utopia. But many...
