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Newsby StaffDecember 11, 2003

Southeast considers high-speed rail line

The federal government would pay $6 billion to build the rail network, and once completed, a private company would operate it.

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Newsby StaffDecember 11, 2003

Judge allows Amtrak unions to strike

A walkout would shut down Amtrak service for 65,000 daily passengers and disrupt heavily used commuter routes across the country.

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Newsby StaffNovember 26, 2003

Sound Transit picks Japanese company for light-rail line.

Cost of deal for light rail cars will keep transit agency under $138-million budget.

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Newsby StaffNovember 26, 2003

Bombardier closes $121-million deal, endures strike

Company will deliver 11, three-car trains to Sweden, but a plant strike in Northern Ireland has slowed production in that country.

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Newsby StaffNovember 24, 2003

N.J. PATH resumes service to new WTC station

Workers installed nearly 7,000 feet of new track to bring PATH service back to the trade center site.

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Newsby StaffNovember 22, 2003

Report: Congress must fix Amtrak

In the past ten years, Amtrak has lost more than $500 million annually, and is projected to continue.

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Newsby StaffNovember 17, 2003

Amtrak approved for $1.2B subsidy

Congressional negotiators approved the subsidy, $300 million more than the House of Representatives and the Bush administration supported, late Wednesday.

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Newsby StaffNovember 17, 2003

Nextel sponsors Las Vegas monorail

City's new light rail project will announce a 12-year, $50-million corporate sponsorship package to attach Nextel's name to the main station and one train.

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Newsby StaffNovember 13, 2003

Bombardier, Alstom sign German railcar contract

Forty two new trainsets, valued at $104 million, are scheduled to be delivered from March 2006 to August 2007.

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Newsby StaffNovember 12, 2003

Seattle breaks ground on $2.4B light rail system

The 14-mile Central Link line is scheduled for completion in 2009 and is expected to move more than 42,000 people a day by 2020.

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