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Amtrak has halted payment on its new fleet of Acela cars as the manufacturer has been unable to meet federal safety standards, according to a report released Tuesday by the federal passenger railwa… ...
According to an Amtrak passenger, they were warned by a conductor about bringing hard coolers on the train, despite there being no warning whatsoever regarding the use of coolers. According to the ...
BALTIMORE (WBFF) - There's serious concern over the safety of Amtrak trains, after six people were killed, with five accidents within the past month.Leaders at the National Transportation Safety ...
This witty warning sign may be the last someone ever reads if they choose to ignore it. As funny as it is, it spotlights a major problem in U.S. rail.
Three fatal crashes of Amtrak trains in as many months are raising serious concerns about rail safety nationwide. Sunday's deadly crash of a Miami-bound Amtrak train into the back of a CSX freight ...
Amtrak makes financial gains but safety issues persist October 1, 2018 More than 6 years ago An Amtrak passenger train was involved in a fatal crash in South Carolina in February.
An Amtrak employee waits for passengers to board a train in Miami in 2017. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) The Oct. 2 news article “Amtrak makes progress, but safety issues persist” reported on an ...
Multiple holes in concrete at a Manhattan garage were among the safety concerns that led to an Amtrak suspension between NYC and Albany on Nov. 12. The service disruption continued on Monday.
An Amtrak train moves along the track at Penn Station in New York, on July, 7, 2017. Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg Amtrak cut its annual operating losses by nearly half last year while improving customer ...
GREENSBORO, N.C (WGHP) – The City of Greensboro needs to make some changes to security at the depot on Washington Street after Amtrak reached out about safety concerns. The depot is home to ...
Five months ago, in a scathing report on a 2016 accident in which two track workers were killed, U.S. safety investigators urged Amtrak to slow its trains when they pass work crews. The nation’s ...
Passenger deaths and train derailments are extremely rare on Amtrak despite major concern about aging infrastructure in the the rail system's busy Northeast Corridor, federal records and reports ...