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Rail Company Reaches $310 Million Settlement With Biden EPA For East Palestine Derailment

Norfolk Southern Railroad reached an agreement to pay $310 million to settle claims from the February 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the Environmental Protection Agency announced. A train carrying toxic chemicals derailed near East Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 3, 2023 prompting evacuations and shelter-in-place orders as authorities moved to address the release of the […]

Compensation payouts to UK rail passengers for delays hit £100m a year | Rail industry

Compensation paid to passengers for train delays in the UK has reached record levels, with annual payouts exceeding £100m and the number of insurance claims for train delays and cancellations continuing to rise. Payments to passengers for travel disruption reached £101.3m in the year to April 2023, an increase of 155% from £39m in 2021-22.. […]

Aslef’s final strike day disrupts rail services in south and east England | Rail strikes

Rail passengers on many routes in southern and eastern England, including major commuter routes into London, are expected to experience significant disruption on Monday as train drivers stage their final strike in a three-day campaign. Aslef union members launched a 24-hour strike on Monday across eight operators: C2C, Gatwick Express, Greater Anglia, Great Northern, South […]

California High-Speed Rail Needs Another $100 Billion, Says CEO

The California High Speed ​​Rail Authority will need an additional $100 billion to complete its original line from San Francisco to Los Angeles, on top of the roughly $30 billion it already has, CEO Brian Kelly told state lawmakers this week. told. As Breitbart News noted in 2023, the project was slated to cost $100 […]