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...Drew Galloway picks his way through the bowels of New York’s dingy and chaotic Penn Station, shouting above the din of passing inter-city and commuter trains....
...Tuesday’s derailment follows a crash in February in Valhalla, New York, on a level crossing between a car and a commuter train operated by Metro North, one of the busiest US commuter rail operations....
...In December 2013, a train operated by Metro-North, a busy commuter railroad, derailed at 82mph on a bend with a 30mph speed limit at Spuyten Duyvil in New York City, killing four passengers....
...It underlined the patchy introduction of the system — even the busy Washington-to-Boston northeast rail corridor is not yet covered by PTC....
...Amtrak Regional rail Metro-North and Long-Island rail New York commuter rail PATH New Jersey commuter rail NJ Transit New Jersey commuter rail MBTA Boston commuter rail SEPTA Pennsylvania commuter rail...
...The tunnels each carry up to 24 trains an hour – a mixture of Amtrak long-distance trains and New Jersey Transit commuter services – at peak times....
...The Long Island Railroad, the busiest US commuter operator, reported delays on several lines....
...The current rude health of the route – equipped with the latest General Electric diesel engines, often hauling trains 120 cars long – testifies to the often unheralded success of the US’s hundreds of regional...
...AES, the Virginia-based global power producer, has agreed to buy DPL, a regional energy company, in a transaction valued, on an enterprise basis, at $4.7bn....
...Walmart’s suit said Mr Mullany, whose regional responsibilities covered Chicago, New York and the US northeast, was the “executive sponsor” of Walmart’s plans to develop new small format stores of between...
...Natural gas was formerly a national or regional fuel....
...downtown Washington’s empty commuter stations, a reminder of the growth in most forms of rail freight over recent years....
...Initially, Bank of America and Wachovia built new branches in midtown to attract commuters....
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