Federal Report: Metro-North Over-Valued On-Time Performance - To The Detriment Of Safety NEW YORK (AP) - A Federal Railroad Administration review says operations of the Metro-North commuter railroad routinely overshadowed safety - while over-emphasizing on-time performance. The inquiry was prompted by a Dec. 1 derailment in the Bronx that killed four passengers and injured about 70 others. But it delves into a wide range of operations at the railroad, which serves New York and Connecticut. The report says employees reported pressure from the railroads operations control center to rush when responding to signal failures. The report also says personal cell-phone use by track workers appeared to be quite commonplace. Metro-Norths new president, Joseph J. Giulietti, says the railroad is taking aggressive actions to assure that safety is its top priority. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates Metro-North, has already made changes since the derailment.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:34:14 +0000
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