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Rail Crash A Warning: Get System Up To Snuff
The Hartford CourantLast week's derailment and collision of two Metro-North trains in Fairfield left dozens injured, tens of thousands inconvenienced and taxpayers footing the bill for millions of dollars in repairs. It also proved just how fragile our rail network is, as...Tags: Railway Accidents, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Amtrak, Heavy Engineering, Transportation Accidents
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Connecticut rail delays continue, seen repaired by Wednesday
ReutersWESTPORT, Connecticut (Reuters) - Connecticut rail commuters endured crowded and rerouted rides in to work on Monday, as Metro-North worked to repair the busiest U.S. rail line after a two-train collision and derailment injured more than 70 people late...Tags: Railway Accidents, New York City, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Amtrak
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Connecticut gov tells commuters to work from home this week while crash repaired
ReutersBy Richard Weizel and Edith Honan MILFORD, Conn./NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) - Thousands of Connecticut commuters faced delays and crowded trains on Monday as Metro-North workers scrambled to repair damage on the United States' busiest rail line, caused...Tags: Railway Accidents, New York City, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Amtrak
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Conn. commuters cope with tough week after train crash
Commuters on Monday grappled with the inconvenience of their morning ritual after a deadly train collision in Connecticut last week, but the traffic nightmare that some had predicted did not materialize. Special shuttle buses and telecommuting took some...
Tags: New York City, Railway Accidents, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Stamford
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READER SUBMITTED: Connecticut Water To Replace Water Main On Boston Post Road And Essex Road In Westbrook
WestbrookThe Connecticut Water Company (Connecticut Water) announced May 16, that work has begun on a water main replacement project on the Boston Post Road and Essex Road in Westbrook. Around May 20, Connecticut Water will begin replacing about 2,400 feet of...Tags: Old Saybrook, Essex (Middlesex, Connecticut), Media Industry, Environmental Issues, Transportation
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Officials warn of commuter chaos from Connecticut derailment
ReutersBy Richard Weizel BRIDGEPORT, Conn., May 19 (Reuters) - Thousands of Connecticut commuters should brace for travel chaos on Monday as Metro-North workers repair damage on the United States' busiest rail line caused by the collision of two trains,...Tags: Railway Accidents, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Traffic, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Amtrak
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NTSB: Trains were moving 70 mph before Connecticut collision
About 30,000 commuters in Connecticut and New York braced for a sluggish trek to work on Monday -- and for the rest of the week -- as officials continued to investigate why two trains slammed into each other in Bridgeport, Conn., on Friday evening. An...
Tags: Disasters and Accidents, National Transportation Safety Board, New York City, Railway Accidents, Transportation Industry
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REFILE-Officials warn of commuter chaos from Connecticut derailment
Reuters(Removes repeated material) By Richard Weizel BRIDGEPORT, Conn., May 19 (Reuters) - Thousands of Connecticut commuters should brace for travel chaos on Monday as Metro-North workers repair damage on the United States' busiest rail line caused by the...Tags: Railway Accidents, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Amtrak, Stamford
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Damaged trains being removed from wreck site
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — Commuter trains damaged in a crash in Connecticut were being removed Sunday in the first step to making repairs and restoring service, the agency that runs Metro-North said. Aaron Donovan, spokesman for the Metropolitan...
Tags: Railway Accidents, New York City, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Amtrak, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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Investigators examine fractured rail in Connecticut train crash
ReutersBRIDGEPORT, Connecticut (Reuters) - 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...Tags: New York City, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Amtrak, FBI, Government
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Connecticut Lawmakers Consider Changes to Digital Billboards
Our public bureaucrats don’t normally pay much attention to matters involving seconds. (At least, not when you’re standing in line at the DMV or waiting for your income tax refund check to arrive.) There is one area, however, where state...
Tags: Copley Square, Science and Technology, M. Jodi Rell, Crime, Law and Justice, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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The DOT Clears Timber Along the Merritt Parkway, But Some Worry About the Aesthetic Effect
As the worst storm in recent Connecticut history started to tear through the northeast in late October, the inevitable happened: authorities closed the Merritt Parkway. Like the two major weather events before Hurricane Sandy — the tropical...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Human Interest, Greenwich, Tropical Weather, Highway Transportation
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