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Passengers wait to be picked-up after two commuter trains collided in Bridgeport, Connecticut causing one to derail injuring numerous passengers, May 17, 2013. Some 20 to 25 people were injured on

Investigators examine fractured rail in Connecticut train crash

A fractured segment of track has been found on the rail line of a Metro-North passenger train from New York that derailed in Connecticut and struck another commuter train, injuring more than 70 people, investigators said.

Posted in National, News
Tagged amtrak, Bridgeport, commuter train, connecticut, CT, Earl Weener, fractured rail, fractured track, metro north, New York, NTSB, train, train crash
Passengers wait to be picked-up after two commuter trains collided in Bridgeport, Connecticut causing one to derail injuring numerous passengers, May 17, 2013. Some 20 to 25 people were injured on

Connecticut rail crash: Investigators find segment of broken rail

A fractured segment of track has been found on the rail line of a Metro-North passenger train from New York [...]

Posted in National, News
Tagged amtrak, Bridgeport, broken rail, Fairfield, rail crash
Passengers wait to be picked-up after two commuter trains collided in Bridgeport, Connecticut causing one to derail injuring numerous passengers.
Credit: Reuters

Nearly 50 hurt as two commuter trains collide in Connecticut; NYC-Boston Amtrak service suspended

Nearly 50 people were injured on Friday when two commuter trains collided during evening rush hour near the Connecticut town of Fairfield, shutting down Amtrak service between New York and Boston indefinitely, police and transit officials said.

Posted in National
Tagged accident, amtrak, collide, connecticut, derailed, injuries, metro north, passengers, service, trains | Reply
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Amtrak train hits, kills man in Bristol Borough

A 57-year-old Bristol man was killed when an Amtrak train hit him in Bristol Borough Wednesday night.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged amtrak, Bristol Borough, killed, struck, tracks, train | Reply
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Councilman urges lawsuit against Amtrak for ‘crumbling’ city bridges

Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. wants the city to look into suing Amtrak over claims the company fails to maintain the 302 bridges it owns in the area.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged amtrak, city controller alan butkovitz, city council, councilman curtis jones jr, politics, transportation | Reply
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(Updated) Amtrak service between Boston, New York restored after derailment

Amtrak train service between New York and Boston was temporarily suspended Sunday morning because of the derailment of a freight train in Connecticut.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged amtrak, Boston, northeaster corridor, train, travel | Reply
Authorities have identified a body found in New Jersey's Pinelands last June as a missing Levittown, Pa., woman.

Man killed by Amtrak train at Bucks County station

A man was killed Tuesday night after he was struck by an Amtrak train, officials said.

Posted in Local, News
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