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