New York: Two passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour in southwestern Connecticut, injuring 60 people, five of them critically, and closing the key corridor between New York and Boston.
A Metro-North train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 pm on Friday, hitting the other train in Bridgeport, Connecticut, about 60 miles northeast of New York City on the Long Island Sound, authorities said.
That caused some cars on the second train, which was destined for New Haven, to likewise leave the tracks, CNN reported citing a Metro-North spokesperson.
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy told reporters on Friday night that five people were "critically injured," one of whom was in "very critical condition."...
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09:30 AM, May 18, 2013
Nearly 50 people were injured on Friday when two commuter trains collided during evening rush hour near the Connecticut town of Fairfield, shutting down Amtrak service between New York and Boston indefinitely, police and transit officials said. Authorities said there were no reports of fatalities in the accident that occurred shortly after 6 pm EDT (2200 GMT). Anita Shrum, a spokeswoman for Bridgeport Hospital, said one person was seriously injured...
07:02 AM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi Metro has registered an increase of about 16 per cent in ridership in 2012-13 in comparison to the last financial year. Addressing the gathering at DMRC's 19th Foundation Day celebrations, its Managing Director Mangu Singh said apart from increase in ridership, the overall earnings of the organisation had also increased by 15.77 per cent during the same period. Sudhir Krishna, DMRC Chairman and Secretary, Ministry of...
02:44 AM, May 04, 2013
Seven persons were killed and 40 others injured after a commuter-van from a mine company exploded in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The mishap occurred on Friday in Shuangyashan City of the district of Lingdong, officials said. ...
08:33 AM, Jan 12, 2013
A high-speed commuter ferry carrying hundreds of passengers crashed into a pier near Wall Street during the morning rush hour on Wednesday, injuring 57 people, two critically, authorities said. ...
12:45 AM, Jan 10, 2013
Bangalore: Despite a separate auto rickshaw stand allotted by the traffic police near the water tank in Vijayanagar, auto drivers continue to park at the main bus stops which often end up being chaotic for the commuters. In fact, the drivers wish to make it a permanent parking place for their vehicles. What is even more appaling is that the authorities are not paying any attention to traffic congestions caused...
04:48 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Hyderabad: The Conference of Parties 11 - Convention on Biological Diversity, perhaps the biggest ever conference that the city will host, is just three weeks away but the man on the street isnt happy. Not even at the sight of the Rs 180 crore beautification works underway in different parts of the city. The reason: the works have simply made life miserable for a good number of commuters and many...
04:23 PM, Sep 06, 2012
Mumbai: There was no showboating, no cutting of ribbons, and no media glare as commuters took their first steps on the half-a-kilometre long skywalk at Andheri (E) station. Till yesterday, thousands of students, office goers and people in general stared at what appeared to be a waste of public money while traversing the congested and filthy road parallel to the train tracks. On Independence Day, the skywalk was finally connected...
05:49 PM, Aug 16, 2012
Mumbai: If you are a local train commuter enjoying the fact that ticket checkers (TCs) have disappeared from platforms of late, dont rejoice just yet. In truth, they are more in number than ever, lurking in platforms in plain clothes. In place of the 5-10 ticket checkers deployed earlier per station, as many as 50-100 are flocking a single station these days. CRs income from fines is unprecedented this year....
02:21 PM, Aug 11, 2012
Pune: Commuters are currently dubbing the Pragati Express a slow train after it began passing through Panvel, thereby involving a different route and two additional stops than earlier. They now say that it has lost its Superfast status as the train arrives 15 to 30 minutes late everyday, which is creating problems for daily commuters. The Pune railway division had decided to re-route the express on an experimental basis, following...
03:28 PM, Aug 07, 2012
Pune: The Pune railway division recently changed the local train schedule and increased the frequency of services on the city-Lonavla route on an experimental basis for three months, but commuters are complaining that office, school and college timings were not taken into consideration in the new timetable. Commuters say they are unhappy about the two-hour gap between two Lonavla-city local trains in the morning peak hours. After the 9.35 am...
05:42 PM, Aug 06, 2012
Mumbai: Twenty minutes was all it took for a blaze to turn a sleeper bogie of New Delhi-Chennai Tamil Nadu Express into a mass crematorium, incinerating at least 32 people inside. While the gruesome episode has elicited reactions from all parts of the country, it has spurred Mumbaikars to question the preparedness of the railways to deal with incidents like this. About 72 lakh people travel by the citys suburban...
02:19 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Chennai: A flash trip in power supply in the Overhead Equipment (OHE) running across the Tambaram-Beach section spoiled travel plans of passengers on Sunday morning. OHE is an equipment used for transmitting electricity to trains at a distance from the energy supply point. The technical snag, reported between St Thomas Mount and Pallavaram railway stations, threw the operation of Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) trains out of the gear. Passengers had...
01:15 PM, Jul 30, 2012
Bangalore/Channapatana: The recent incident of 19-year-old Asha, who was thrown off a Mysore-bound train near Maddur, has brought into focus the dangerous and cramped conditions under which daily commuters are forced to travel in. Blocked passages, abusive co-passengers and commuters travelling inside toilets seem to be the norm for the people who take the Chamundi Express between Bangalore and Mysore every evening. With only two trains operating between these two...
12:54 PM, Jul 27, 2012
Shanghai: Commuters in China's commercial capital will soon be able to enjoy free Wi-Fi service inside its city buses. Shanghai Bashi Group, the bus operator, said it intends to provide Wi-Fi in response to passengers' increasing demands, and was working with telecom companies, Shanghai Daily reported Tuesday. A spokeswoman with the Shanghai Telecom Co. said they were still preparing and testing the technology for buses. Smartphone users currently have little...
05:08 PM, Jul 10, 2012
Mumbai: Disruption in train services is fast becoming a norm in the Mumbai suburban rail network. Of late, glitch after glitch has tossed the daily travel schedule of many of the nearly 70 lakh suburban commuters askew. Yesterday gave a double testimony to this growing disturbance. There were technical problems on both Central and Western Railways, especially during morning and evening peak hours. The first incident took place near Vashi...
01:06 PM, May 03, 2012
CHENNAI: Frequent disruptions in Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) services " the worst in recent times being on Sunday for over four hours " have been the cause of untold misery for commuters in Chennai in the past week. Though signal failures have been blamed for these disruptions, the railway authorities are yet to put a finger on the real problem. Inquiries in this connection pointed to various factors, ranging from...
08:17 AM, Apr 24, 2012
BANGALORE: The Reach I of Namma Metro, although used a political card during its inauguration, has in many ways impacted the city. Reaching out to only 6.7 km of the central business district, the Reach I has had a rocky ride in the last six months.But in many ways, Bangaloreans are pleased that there is finally a public transport, that is sophisticated, accessible, economical and safe. Bangalores public transport history...
08:55 AM, Apr 20, 2012
Mumbai: A day after three people died because of heavy rush in Mumbai's local trains, officials are hopeful of restoring services to normal on Friday. They also say that trains just see a delay of maximum 10 minutes and that 95 per cent of the Central Railway is on track. The signal repairing work will also be completed by Friday night. On Thursday, three commuters in an overcrowded Kalyan CST...
08:21 AM, Apr 20, 2012
Mumbai: If you stepped into a Central Railway station on Wednesday, you saw an uneasy crowd, enormous in number and short of temper, waiting at the platforms. The LED displays showing train arrivals were frozen at zero. Except for a staccato announcement about indefinite delays due to a technical problem, little else was communicated to this mass of people, waiting to go to work. Early on Wednesday, the first set...
01:02 PM, Apr 19, 2012
