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WashingtonPost Business, 16.12.08 14:05 UTC

Congress Seeks Funding for High-Speed Rail Service From D.C. to N.Y.C.

Estimated Cost of the Legislation Between $18 and $40 Billion

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Los Angeles Times, 12.12.08 19:05 UTC

Chatsworth crash's roots lie 20 years in Metrolink's past

The commuter line's founders gambled that the line could operate without an automatic braking system, interviews with safety experts and documents show.

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Los Angeles Daily News, 25.11.08 02:31 UTC

Sen. Feinstein wants to remove legal blocks to Metrolink safety equipment installation

LOS ANGELES - In the wake of two Metrolink train crashes in just over two months, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., called Monday on the Federal Railroad Administration to remove legal obstacles ...

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Seattle Times, 27.10.08 19:02 UTC

"No train horn" in quiet zones

Q: Dawson Stoops ' nearly 12-mile, year-round bicycle commutes between his Mercer Island home and his Lower Queen Anne workplace (he's co-founder of a software company) take him along Alaskan Way on ...

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Chigago Tribune, 25.10.08 15:30 UTC

Teen at center of Metra scandal was aspiring engineer

"I wasn't the first, I wasn't the only and I won't be the last" to take joy rides, he says

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Chigago Tribune, 24.10.08 11:30 UTC

Careers of 3 Metra engineers in limbo

They are accused of letting teen drive commuter trains

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Los Angeles Daily News, 03.10.08 02:31 UTC

Railroad regulators issue emergency cell phone ban

Violators could be fined or removed from their jobs under the Federal Railroad Administration rule, which comes as the National Transportation Safety Board investigates why Metrolink engineer Robert ...

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USA Today, 29.09.08 18:05 UTC

Rail safety bill advances in Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping rail safety reform bill that includes billions of dollars for Amtrak cleared a key vote in the Senate Monday, as lawmakers invoked the Sept. 12 train collision in Los Angeles that killed 25 people.

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Los Angeles Times, 24.09.08 12:04 UTC

Congressional negotiators reach compromise on rail safety measure

The bill would provide funds for technology and limit work hours for crews. The installation of 'positive train controls' is delayed until 2015.

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Los Angeles Daily News, 23.09.08 16:00 UTC

Congress hurries to pass rail reform after crash

WASHINGTON - With Congress scrambling to pass new rail safety laws in the wake of the deadly Los Angeles commuter train disaster, Sen. Barbara Boxer planned to convene the Senate Commerce Committee ...