Siemens to supply 56 trains to U.K., French consortium
The 183-seater trains, which can travel up to 100 mph, are scheduled to come into service in 2006.
The 183-seater trains, which can travel up to 100 mph, are scheduled to come into service in 2006.
Delivery of the cars is expected to take place in the last half of 2004.
The unions, which represent 8,000 of the railroad's 21,000 employees, said the protest is aimed at saving Amtrak.
A new solid-state interlocking system will replace the rail system's 70-year-old equipment.
Soldiers are still posted at Grand Central Terminal and Penn Station, at both subway and commuter rail stations.
The electrical problem, which lasted about 40 minutes, was unlikely caused by sabotage.
Altamont Commuter Express will begin a three-month trial to provide free Internet access to passengers while in transit.
By nightfall, the 720-mile system was still out of service, with officials saying it would take six to eight hours after all power was restored to get the trains running again.
The Canadian government contributed $25 million toward the construction of an advanced peoplemover system to better transport large numbers of tourists.
The Chinese government is hoping to start up the entire 813-mile line in time for the world exposition in Shanghai in 2010.
The agency is now called the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority.
The partnership, a joint venture with DMJM+Harris and STV, includes architect Santiago Calatrava S.A.
An abundance of locations and a gritty urban atmosphere make New York City's subway systems a popular location for film shoots. How the transit agency prepares for a starring role.
Everything old is new again as the RDC is reinvented as a clean, quiet, self-propelled railcar.
France's TGV and Japan's Shinkansen bullet train are vying for a contract worth an estimated $12 billion for a railway between Beijing and Shanghai.
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