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  • MN Metro Transit: Teen Girl Carried Off Bus is Home Safe, Police Say

    The teenage girl who was carried by a man from a Metro Transit bus Friday night in Minneapolis has returned home safely, a Metro Transit spokesman said Saturday.

    News • May 24th, 2011

  • DC Metro: Transit Police Chief to Investigate Use of Force

    The chief of the Metro Transit Police Department initiated a formal investigation Monday into the actions of two officers who appear, in a video posted to the Internet, to have tackled a wheelchair-bound man outside a D.C. rail station, sending the...

    News • May 24th, 2011

  • China High-Speed Rail Lines Halted

    hina has ordered one high-speed rail line to stop running and halted the construction of another due to violations of environmental protection laws.

    News • May 23rd, 2011

  • Woman Killed by Seattle Light Rail Train

    A woman was killed by a Seattle Link Light Rail train early Sunday while walking on the tracks, police said.

    News • May 23rd, 2011

  • DC Metro Poised to Close $66M Budget Gap

    Metro officials will now decide how to close a $66 million gap in the agency's operating budget, after a week of town-hall meetings across the region in which riders gave their input on such major cost-cutting proposals as ending bus lines and...

    News • May 23rd, 2011

  • Amtrak Pursuing Private Investment to Support Northeast Corridor High-Speed Rail Plans

    Amtrak is developing an in-depth business plan that will maximize the opportunity for private investment to finance the construction of infrastructure and the acquisition of equipment required to provide 220 mph (354 kph) next-generation high-speed...

    News • May 23rd, 2011

  • South Africa: 640 Hurt in Soweto Train Smash Horror

    More than 600 people were injured, two critically, when a packed passenger train collided with another train in Soweto late yesterday afternoon.

    News • May 23rd, 2011

  • MBTA Subcontractor Arrested in Connection with Alleged Fare Evasion Scheme

    An employee of an MBTA subcontractor has been arrested in connection with an alleged scheme to illegally produce millions of dollars worth of MBTA monthly passes and sell them directly to riders, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today.

    News • May 20th, 2011

  • South African Commuter Trains Collision Leaves Dozens Injured

    Dozens of South African passengers were injured when two crowded commuter trains collided head-on in Soweto near Johannesburg on Thursday evening.

    News • May 20th, 2011

  • China High-Speed Rail Lines Halted

    China has ordered one high-speed rail line to stop running and halted the construction of another due to violations of environmental protection laws.

    News • May 20th, 2011

  • Amtrak Train Lines in Martinez Reopened in Both Directions After Bomb Threat

    A bomb threat at the Martinez Amtrak station Thursday afternoon shut down Amtrak's Capitol Corridor rail line in both directions, delaying commuters and stranding about 100 first-graders on a field trip for more than an hour.

    News • May 20th, 2011

  • No Fare Hike or Service Cuts in SEPTA Budget

    SEPTA's $1.23 billion operating budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 is likely to be approved by the board next week, following review Thursday by a committee.

    News • May 20th, 2011

  • Minneapolis Man Pulls a Knife on 3-Year-Old Riding City Bus

    A man pulled a pocket knife on a 3-year-old boy riding a Metro Transit bus on Monday afternoon and threatened to cut the boy's finger, according to police and the boy's mother.

    News • May 20th, 2011

  • Siemens to Build Streetcars for Atlanta

    Siemens Industry Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a $17.2 million contract from Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), on behalf of the City of Atlanta and the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District, to provide Atlanta with...

    News • May 20th, 2011

  • Lagos Settles for 'Tokunbo' Subway Cars

    The Lagos State government may have settled for the purchase of 15-year-old subway cars from Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) to use on the city's light rail mass transportation project now under construction.

    News • May 20th, 2011