A Metro-North train headed to Grand Central Terminal derailed in the Bronx, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. (Dec. 1, 2013) Photo Credit: Lou Minutoli
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Long Island
MTA to focus on LIRR safety after derailment
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Monday announced several initiatives aimed at improving customer and employee safety, ...
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New York
$15 million sought to hire more rail inspectors
A spending bill unveiled this week by a bipartisan congressional panel includes $15 million to ...
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Long Island
Feds to install train cameras after derailment
The nation's railroad regulatory agency will install cameras in train operators' cabins nationwide by the ...
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Long Island
LIRR upgrades after Metro-North derailment
Long Island Rail Road officials Monday announced safety initiatives to avoid accidents like the Dec. ...
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Transportation
Senators: Railroad system 'woefully' underfunded
A bipartisan budget deal making its way through Congress should include a $15 million boost ...
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LIRR
Derailment reignites engineer fatigue debate
The deadly derailment of a Metro-North Railroad train has reignited a decades-old debate on how ...
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New York
Agency orders 2 operators on Metro-North trains
Less than a week after a fatal accident in the Bronx, federal railroad officials Friday ...
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New York
Safety 'alerter' not in derailed train's engineer cab
The commuter train that derailed in the Bronx on Sunday was equipped with a safety ...
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New York
Train victim's family arrives from S. Korea
As investigators continue to probe the cause of the deadly Metro-North crash Sunday in the ...
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New York
Feds order MTA to create employee reporting system
Alarmed over a string of accidents on the Metro-North Railroad, including the one on Sunday ...