Amtrak leases equipment to fill service gaps
Using leased equipment the passenger railroad offered 115 departures Friday in the Northeast compared to about 140 on a typical day.
Using leased equipment the passenger railroad offered 115 departures Friday in the Northeast compared to about 140 on a typical day.
The service was stopped to inspect the trains for cracks in shock absorbers beneath their locomotive cars.
The Skytrain can not continue operations unless it creditors agree to a debt restructuring plan that includes writing off massive accrued interest.
The contract is for the design and manufacture of 660 heavy rail subway cars, with a delivery timeframe of 2006 to 2007.
The strip of vacant land would be used to expand the Sounder commuter rail service.
The suggested transportation spending bill for FY 2003 totals $64.4 billion, roughly $9.2 billion more than the level requested by the Bush Administration.
The NTSB made the recommendation following the investigation of a Nov. 17, 2000, collision involving an Amtrak train and a tractor-like vehicle in Florida.
The two-year-old service carries more than 11,000 riders per week.
Closures will result from a program to replace track, most of which is at least 25 years old.
The Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact plans and pursues high-speed rail projects.
The two-mile ride from the main train line to the $3.5 billion theme park will take less than four minutes.
The transaction would allow the German national railroad to expand its business by becoming a logistics service provider.
The service was introduced to protect women from groping that often occurs on Japan's crowded trains.
The surface axial line will use bi-articulated buses with hybrid motors supplied by Volvo.
Bangkok Mass Transit System (BMTS), the private company operating the Skytrain, owes about $850 million to Thai and international creditors.
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