Documents from federal investigators show managers at Metro-North Railroad questioned the experience of a trainee who reopened a track without proper approval shortly before a track foreman was killed in Connecticut last year. The Journal News reports Stephen Neville, deputy …
Four of 28 people who sued the Metro-North Railroad in federal court after being injured in a Bridgeport, Conn., train crash last year have settled with the commuter railroad. Lawyers in the case say the four passengers reached agreements with …
The National Transportation Safety Board says two days before a train derailed in Connecticut last month and injured more than 70 people a track inspection found problems where the derailment occurred. The NTSB said Wednesday the inspection on May 15 …
Several Connecticut officials are calling on the federal government to spend more on rail safety and reliability following a commuter train derailment near Bridgeport. U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, U.S. Rep. Jim Himes and Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch …
The engineer of the commuter train that derailed last week in Connecticut observed an “unusual condition” on the track before the wreck, federal officials said Friday without explaining what the condition was, though they did say repair work was done …