Amtrak Service Resumes Between Philadelphia And NYC For First Time Since Derailment
About three dozen passengers boarded the New York City-bound train in Philadelphia, and Mayor Michael Nutter was on hard to see the passengers and train off.
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About three dozen passengers boarded the New York City-bound train in Philadelphia, and Mayor Michael Nutter was on hard to see the passengers and train off.
SEPTA says it will resume operations on the Trenton Regional Rail Line with the start of the service day on Monday.
Service along the corridor will resume with departures from New York City at 5:30 a.m. Monday and Philadelphia at 5:53 a.m. Monday.
Of those eight people, three remain in critical condition.
The Federal Railroad Administration tells Amtrak it must make immediate safety improvements on its north east corridor.
Of those nine people, five remain in critical condition, a Temple University Hospital spokesman said Saturday.
U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, P-Pa., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said in a statement that it was critical to understand all the circumstances of the crash that killed 8 and injured hundreds earlier this week. A date would be set later, he said.
The National Transportation Safety Board held a press conference Friday to give an update on the investigation into the Amtrak train derailment after they spoke with the engineer and conductors. And from one of their testimonies, FBI officials are now looking into whether something struck the train before it derailed.
Several area hospitals have released updates on the status of the injured Amtrak passengers.
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"Controlled chaos would be an understatement," said police inspector Mike McCarrick, who runs the police department's East Division, where the derailment occurred.
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Thursday at the scene of the Amtrak tragedy, the company's CEO made a commitment to make travel on the Northeast Corridor safer for millions of riders.
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