Fire Disrupts Rush-Hour Service at NYC&#39;s Penn Station
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Long Island Rail Road service to and from New York City&#39;s Pennsylvania Station will remain suspended during the evening rush hour because of an underground fire that also halted Amtrak
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Firefighters responded to reports of a fire at Mount Sinai Medical Center on Wednesday morning, and a security supervisor said parts of the hospital were being evacuated.
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Security alerts cause severe and widespread disruption to commuter travel in the greater Belfast area.
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NEW YORK, July 18 -- A steam explosion tore through a Manhattan street near Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday during the evening rush hour, sending people running for cover amid a plume of steam.
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A New York Fire Department  investigation delayed the start of a Neil Young concert by  almost 90 minutes on Wednesday, forcing about 3,300 confused  fans to wait outside in a line stretching around the block.
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A subway train that derailed early this morning near Penn Station in midtown Manhattan caused a ripple effect of delays into the evening rush hour.
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A steam pipe exploded near Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan. More than 20 people were injured, two critically.
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A subway train derailed in east London during rush-hour Thursday. One person was injured in the accident, which police said was not related to terrorism.
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It was a scary day at Metro&#39;s newest station at New York Avenue. A man fell onto the tracks Sunday afternoon on the Glenmont side of the station.
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At a busy Manhattan corner, a cabbie lays on the horn as he struggles through rush-hour traffic. A few blocks away, sirens blare as an ambulance races down the street. In the subway below, trains screech to a halt and an amateur dance troupe blasts hip-hop music on the platform.
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Everyone got out alive, the train operator did as he was trained and the passengers did as they were told. Still, that a small fire on a major commuter line could leave passengers gasping for air and send 152 of them to the hospital highlights just how vulnerable transit systems are to disaster.
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About 3,000 shoppers were evacuated from a Toys &quot;R&quot; Us store in Times Square yesterday after pepper spray was set off inside, fire officials said.
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A ball of fire erupts from a train car, smothering commuters with smoke, and littering the platform with bodies and blood in a chilling security-camera
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Acknowledging that the city failed to protect two firefighters who died trying to stop a blaze in an abandoned ground zero building, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced a shakeup among Lower Manhattan fire officials on Monday and said the fallout may not end there.
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The MTA unexpectedly has withdrawn its doomsday plan to raise fares, slash service and pink-slip workers. New Yorkers had been told to prepare for the worst, including a nearly across-the-board hike in discount MetroCard prices.
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Penn Station was evacuated and train service was halted for about three hours Monday after a fire erupted in a transformer beneath the East River, causing chaos for thousands of travelers at one of the nation's busiest commuter hubs.
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Paris' subways slowed to a halt and rail lines were disrupted Thursday during a massive strike in France that was expected to give President Nicolas Sarkozy his first real test after five months in office.Unions are protesting Sarkozy's plan to trim special retirement packages for some workers, part of his pledges to cut back on costly public services. The strikes began late Wednesday and were to last through Thursday.The first mass-scale problems for travelers and commuters were expected at Thursday morning rush hour. Paris transport authority RATP said traffic would be 'virtually nil' on most of its lines. The national rail network said it would be 'nearly paralyzed.' Read more