The new rail is half the weight of the old and conducts electricity better.
Stantec to lead $1.9 billion rail modernization project
The project will add a 9.8-mile third track and add critical capacity on Long Island Rail Road’s busiest corridor.
The project will add a 9.8-mile third track and add critical capacity on Long Island Rail Road’s busiest corridor.
The SUV driver died, along with five passengers on the train, in the Feb. 3, 2015, accident. The rail passengers were killed when 343 feet of the third rail, which powers the train, penetrated the floor of the first train car and struck passengers.
The incident occurred just before 10:15 p.m. Sunday, with about 1,000 people from at least three subway trains having to be evacuated overnight, police and fire officials said. The fire was brought under control around 1:37 a.m.
In recent months, FTA has investigated several safety events related to third-rail system failures, including smoke incidents, explosions, intense fires, damage to railcar propulsion equipment, and exacerbated deterioration of poor track conditions.
The unprecedented action follows the early Monday morning electrical fire involving a cable in the tunnel outside McPherson Square Station.
Four hundred feet of electrified third rail snapped into 12 pieces and speared the commuter train during a fiery collision with an SUV that was stopped on the tracks, killing six people.
Pittsburgh's subway train power is supplied by overhead cables rather than an electrified “third rail” along the tracks, which led to a delayed response by firefighters in the Washington, D.C. incident.
One woman was killed and more than 80 passengers were suffering from respiratory problems and other health issues after the incident.
The project is part of a framework agreement signed by the company and Spanish railway infrastructure manager Adif last November to carry out research and development projects at Adif's Railway Technology Center in Málaga.
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