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Amaechi: Western Corridor Rail Line to be Completed in 36 Months

This Day 20 Jun 2018

Chibuike Amaechi, has hinted that the ongoing Western corridor rail line traversing nine states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), spanning a total of 1,402 kilometres, will be completed in the next 36 months as soon as the loan agreement is reached between Nigeria and China ... Western Corridor Rail Line to be Completed in 36 Months appeared first on THISDAYLIVE....

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Rail link disrupted as wagon derails

Dawn 20 Jun 2018

BAHAWALPUR ... The gangmen took five hours to restore rail link on the chord line. Published in Dawn, June 20th, 2018. ....

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That was close! Car, train narrowly miss collision at downtown Bellingham rail crossing

The News Tribune 20 Jun 2018

A Burlington Northern-Santa Fe train narrowly missed a collision with a car that had high-centered on a rail crossing in downtown Bellingham, Washington on Friday night, June 15. Neither the car nor the driver suffered a scratch ... ....

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Phoenix City Council to consider light-rail extension Wednesday

The Arizona Republic 20 Jun 2018

A grassroots group dubbed "4 lanes or no train" has voiced concerns over the $1 billion south-central light-rail extension in Phoenix ... ....

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Watch: President Trump bizarrely hugs American flag after speech railing against illegal immigration, boasting of ...

TVNZ 20 Jun 2018

After addressing business leaders, the US President clapped and embraced the flag to the Rolling Stones' You Can't Always Get What You Want'. Source. Associated Press. Trump gave a speech to the National Federation of Independent Business, during which he repeatedly railed against illegal immigration ... ....

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Thug subjected ex-girlfriend to terrifying ordeal and killed dogs with bannister rail

Irish Independent 20 Jun 2018

A quick glance at Patrick Nevin's Tinder profile suggests a man who loved his body art, and kept himself fit ... He also had two children and was a responsible parent ... In 2001, he was jailed for seven years after he killed his then girlfriend's two dogs with a bannister rail, and threatened to kill her ... ....

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Transportation summit calls for traffic solutions – not just roads and rail

Williamson Herald 20 Jun 2018

However, not all solutions have to involve roads and rail, he said ... By video at the summit, Mayor of Lone Tree, Colorado Jackie Millet shared the area’s experience in implementing light rail ... “We are thrilled to have light rail but recognize it is not the only solution,” Millet said ... Such solutions as light rail might not be too far off the grid in Williamson County....

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Warren County plots new railroad strategy

The Post-Star 20 Jun 2018

Some have pushed to turn the line into a multi-use trail, but Horicon Supervisor Matt Simpson said the rail line would have to be considered "abandoned" first and that process would take a minimum of two years ... "If nobody shows up (with interest in a rail operation), we move in another direction," Lake Luzerne Supervisor Gene Merlino said ... Several believed that the rail line's track record warranted conversion to a trail, though....

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Alabama balks at funding for restored coastal Amtrak service

Decatur Daily 20 Jun 2018

Louisiana has agreed to supply about $9.5 million, while Mississippi agreed to $3 million and is considering much more, said Knox Ross of the Southern Rail Commission, which is promoting the project ... Kay Ivey's office issued a statement saying she supports efforts to restore passenger rail service on the coast but isn't committing state funding....

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Coming up for June 19

Greenwood Commonwealth 20 Jun 2018

Tuesday, June 19. Samuel Chapel United Methodist Church, and community partners, will hold its quarterly diabetes session. When. 6 p.m. Where ... Details ... Saturday, June 23 ... Rail Spike Park Pavilion, on the corner of Main and Johnson streets ... Rail Spike Park Pavilion, on the corner of Main and Johnson streets ... Rail Spike Park Pavilion, on the corner of Main and Johnson streets ... Rail Spike Park Pavilion, on the corner of Main and Johnson streets. ....

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Baby offered free travel after unexpected birth

WCPO 20 Jun 2018

It's not often a morning train delay announcement provokes smiles ... That's what happened in Paris on Monday when a woman went into labor on board a busy RER A rail service. To celebrate the unexpected event, the newborn has been offered free rail travel throughout the city up until the age of 25. The boy was delivered with the help of passengers, emergency workers and rail staff at around 11.40 a.m ... ....

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Metro underground line won’t mar CBD’s appeal

The Times of India 20 Jun 2018

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation (BMRCL), which came in for severe flak for ruining the iconic boulevard on MG Road, appears to have learnt its lesson ... The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation officials said tender for the underground section between Cantonment railway station and Pottery Town will be floated next week ... rails on these corridors....

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Disgraced Northern Rail pays for extra driver to ‘sit idle’ to please unions

The Sun 20 Jun 2018

DISGRACED train operator Northern Rail is paying an extra driver to “sit idle” on a key service – to please the unions ... PA.Press Association. Under the arrangement, a driver from Direct Rail Services runs the Barrow to Carlisle service – with a Northern Rail driver sitting in the back. A source said ... He stormed ... ....

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