Deadly Train Accidents Have Feds Pushing Railroads To Fight Employee Fatigue
Federal officials are pushing New Jersey Transit, and other railroads to do more to fight employee fatigue.
Federal officials are pushing New Jersey Transit, and other railroads to do more to fight employee fatigue.
The engineer of an NJ TRANSIT train that slammed into the Hoboken Terminal in September suffered from undiagnosed sleep apnea, the engineer's attorney said Wednesday.
Long Island Rail Road commuters should expect delays and cancellations on all Main Line trains into and out of Penn Station due to a broken rail in one of the East River tunnels.
The agency will pay Peter Cannito $350 per hour to review Federal Railroad Administration violations uncovered in an audit and help with a positive train control system.
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NJ TRANSIT says the Number 34 bus was headed from Montclair to Newark's Penn Station with 29 people aboard when the crash occurred on Martin Luther King Boulevard early Monday.
Democratic Assemblyman John McKeon said he received a text message Thursday night reporting that officials couldn't make the hearing because they had to meet with federal regulators.
The Democrat-led Assembly Judiciary Committee is expected to consider subpoena authorization on Thursday. If approved, the legislators could compel officials to testify and provide documents.
The drivers will be paid while the investigation proceeds, but cannot drive buses.
Full service resumes Monday morning for NJ TRANSIT trains at the Hoboken terminal.
Democratic Sens. Cory Booker and Bob Menendez and 12 members of Congress made the request to U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx after last month's train crash in Hoboken.
NJ TRANSIT has had more accidents and paid more in fines for safety violations than any other commuter railroad in the country over the past five years, federal safety data show.
There has been a plea for NJ TRANSIT to improve the safety at a train station following several fatal accidents.
Tracks 10 to 17 reopened for rail service, but Tracks 1 to 9 remain out of service as repair work continues.
Commuters who were on the NJ TRANSIT train that crashed at the Hoboken terminal will be allowed to retrieve their items they may have left behind.
NJ TRANSIT rail service remains partially suspended in and out of Hoboken following a deadly train crash. Some service out of Hoboken Terminal is set to resume Oct. 10.
Federal investigators revealed Thursday that a NJ TRANSIT train that crashed into Hoboken's terminal was going twice the speed limit at the moment of impact.
NJ TRANSIT has been blocking media access following the deadly train crash at the Hoboken terminal last week.
Crews are preparing to remove a NJ TRANSIT train from Hoboken Terminal, where it crashed a week ago killing 34-year-old Fabiola Bittar de Kroon and injuring more than 100 people, sources told CBS2.
NJ TRANSIT has released its service plan for Tuesday's commute.
Investigators haven't been able to extract a second data recorder, located in the cab control car in the front of the train, because it is under a collapsed section of the train station's roof.
NJ TRANSIT has released its service plan for Monday's commute following Thursday's deadly train crash in Hoboken.
One event recorder recovered so far from the NJ TRANSIT commuter train that crashed in Hoboken killing one and injuring more than 100 more was not functioning on the day of the crash, officials said Sunday.
Federal investigators said the crew is cooperating but they still are unable to get to the rail cars following the NJ TRANSIT train crash at the Hoboken terminal that left one woman dead and injured more than 100 people.
Chernetz puts NJ TRANSIT's woes smack dab on Gov. Chris Christie's doorstep. She said he's slashed state funds for the nation's third busiest commuter system by 90 percent in 11 years.
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