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CT to use $2 billion in federal grants for railway upgrades along Northeast Corridor
“Look, 118 years of this Devon Bridge. That’s a long time–a little overdue,” Governor Ned Lamont said while pointing to the bridge on Monday. The rusted trusses of the Devon Bridge, which spans the Housatonic River, exposes the century-long history of a railroad bridge in need of attention. “This Devon Bridge is emblematic of a lot of the infrastructure...
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CT receives $2 billion in federal grants to tackle railway upgrades along Northeast Corridor
State leaders were in Milford Monday to highlight the $2 billion in federal money being given to Connecticut to upgrade railway infrastructure.
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Amtrak Northeast Corridor gets $16B boost for passenger rail projects
President Joe Biden — perhaps the nation’s biggest Amtrak fan — is back in Delaware to promote new federal investments for trains on the heavily trafficked Northeast Corridor.
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Several train bridges in Connecticut to be replaced with nearly $2 billion in federal funding
President Joe Biden has announced new federal funding to repair and replace rail infrastructure along the Northeast Corridor and some of the money is being used to replace bridges in Connecticut. On Monday, Biden announced the $16.4 billion in new funding for 25 different passenger projects on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor through the Federal Railroad Administration’s Federal State Partnership for Intercity…
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Amtrak train partially derails after colliding with truck in Southern California
An Amtrak train with nearly 200 people on board partially derailed Wednesday when it slammed into a work truck at a crossing in the Ventura County community of Moorpark.
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Pedestrian struck by train on Meriden/Berlin town line
A pedestrian was struck by a train on the Meriden/Berlin town line on Monday morning. Amtrak officials said a person was on the track when Amtrak train 490 struck them north of Meriden around 9:45 a.m. Just before 1 p.m. The train was traveling from New Haven, CT to Springfield, MA and remains stopped. Amtrak Tweeted that people who are…
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Bent Track a Factor in Montana Amtrak Crash That Killed 3
Investigators probing a fatal 2021 Amtrak train derailment in Montana say the track had been bent along a curve near the accident site and the problem had been getting worse as freight trains traveled over it before the derailment. Details on the bent track were included in hundreds of pages of investigative documents released Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety...
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Travelers Stuck for 36+ Hours on Amtrak Train From Virginia to Florida
Passengers spent over 36 hours on a train when a freight car derailment stopped Amtrak Auto Train 53 in North Carolina overnight.