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Metra tests Wi-Fi service on train cars
2016-01-23 12:33:51| Wireless - Topix.net
Metra has begun putting Wi-Fi "hot spots" on select train cars as a part of an 11-car test run the transit agency announced last fall. The Chicago Tribune reports Metra will complete installing Wi-Fi and signs notifying passengers of the service in a few weeks.
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LIRR service disrupted after train hits car in Wyandanch
2015-11-15 03:43:30| Railroads - Topix.net
Long Island Rail Road service is temporarily suspended in both directions between Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma after an eastbound train hit a car that was on the tracks Saturday night, officials said. A Metropolitan Transportation Authority spokeswoman said the car stopped on the tracks on Little East Neck Road in Wyandanch, just east of the Pinelawn station, for an unknown reason.
New train service to be called 'Brightline'
2015-11-09 22:28:46| Railroads - Topix.net
Brightline will be the brand name of the $3 billion passenger rail service expected to connect Miami and Orlando by the end of 2017. The project's name, to be affixed amid flowing colors along the outside of engines and rail cars, was announced Monday in downtown Miami by All Aboard Florida, which is an offshoot of Florida East Coast Industries.
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Mitsubishi delivers first six-car AGT train for shuttle service in Japan
2015-11-03 01:00:00| Railway Technology
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has delivered the first of the three six-car automated guideway transit (AGT) trains to Saitama New Urban Transit.
LIRR Ronkonkoma service suspended after freight train derails
2015-09-15 21:24:58| Railroads - Topix.net
Service remains suspended in both directions through Hicksville Station due to a freight train derailment on Sept 15, 2015. Photo Credit: MTA A freight train carrying construction material derailed just west of the Hicksville train station Tuesday afternoon, limiting passenger rail service to one track, authorities said.
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