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Newsby StaffJune 27, 2012

MBTA considers selling station names

Selling the naming rights could bring $18.4 million total a year if 11 prominent stations found sponsors. The agency plans to upgrade Wi-Fi and the stations’ aesthetics and improve access for the visually impaired with the funds.

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Newsby StaffJune 20, 2012

Honolulu redesigning rail stations to cut project costs

Shortening the length of its 21 planned rail stations in an effort to lower the overall cost of the $5.3 billion project.

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Articlesby Nicole SchlosserApril 18, 2012

MBTA converts station, tunnel into training facility

Using grant money from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), MBTA will convert the Oak Street railway into a “mock” train station to carry out drills, which will also be accessible to emergency responders from all surrounding cities and towns.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 21, 2011

New rule strengthens accessibility at rail stations

Passenger railroads must provide level-entry boarding at new or altered stations in which no track passing through the station and adjacent to platforms is shared with existing freight rail operations.

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Newsby StaffSeptember 20, 2011

Chicago Transit plans to overhaul rail stations

The initiative, performed by work crews comprised of different trade workers called the "Renew Crew," focuses on providing repairs in a more efficient way, creating a cleaner, brighter and more appealing station that improves the customer travel experience.

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