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.
The final, farewell concert of the Philadelphia Singers is tomorrow evening, as the group shuts down operations after more than 40 years of performing. Their leader, David Hayes, was aboard the train that derailed.
"Controlled chaos would be an understatement," said police inspector Mike McCarrick, who runs the police department's East Division, where the derailment occurred.
Casey says he deliberately avoided speaking with those still in recovery mode, but talked with physicians about the challenges they faced.
Joseph Boardman, Amtrak president and CEO, said in a letter on Amtrak's official blog Thursday that it is cooperating fully in an investigation into the accident that killed eight people and injured more than 200 this week.
Mourners are preparing to remember one of the eight people killed in this week's Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia while the investigation into the crash continues.
Chronic underfunding of the rail system has delayed the installation of "positive train control."
Federal investigators say they're making progress in their probe into what may have caused the Amtrak train accident Tuesday night at Frankford Junction.
One of the victims from Tuesday's Amtrak train wreck files the first lawsuit against the company in connection with the crash.
Amtrak has announced all service will be suspended between Philadelphia and New York City through Monday, May 18.
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.
Service had been suspended after Tuesday night's fatal crash of an Amtrak train in northeast Philadelphia.
A former Flyer made a delivery to a passenger who was injured in the train derailment.
The family says 47-year-old Laura Finamore had been coming back to New York from a memorial service for a college friend's mother.
The Italian government has confirmed that one of its citizens, businessman Giuseppe Piras, also died in the Amtrak crash.
A businessman from Maryland has been identified as one of the victims killed in a train derailment in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia DA Seth Williams says once the initial probe is complete, they'll determine whether criminal charges should be filed and who will prosecute.
