Herbert signs agreement to keep rail station from going up on site of ancient village

August 31st, 2009 Union Pacific trying to ship more used carsOMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific wants used car dealers to start shipping more of their cars by train.

August 27th, 2009 Train strikes another in DC Metro rail yardWASHINGTON — Officials with Washington's Metro transit system say two employees have been injured after a rail car struck another train in the West Falls Church rail yard. Metro officials said Thursday that a train traveling at a low speed unintentionally hit a stationary train about 6 p.m.

August 25th, 2009 SF Bay area rail union voting on contractSAN FRANCISCO — Members of a commuter rail union in the San Francisco Bay area are voting on a new contract aimed at averting a strike. Union president Jesse Hunt says he's confident the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency's train operators and station agents will ratify the agreement.

August 11th, 2009 Huntsman resigns as Utah governor to be ambassadorSALT LAKE CITY — Gary Herbert was sworn in Tuesday as Utah's 17th governor following the resignation of Jon Huntsman, who is now the U.S. ambassador to China.

July 27th, 2009 Canada's rail service to resume serviceMONTREAL — Canada's national passenger rail service resumed after the company and the union representing engineers reached an agreement to end a strike that paralyzed passenger trains across the country. Via Rail and the union said Sunday they had agreed to go to binding arbitration to get a deal.

July 22nd, 2009 Utah tribes oppose possible commuter station siteSALT LAKE CITY — Tribes in Utah are speaking out against a proposal to develop a commuter rail stop on what was once an American Indian village. In March, Gov.

May 17th, 2009 FRANKFURT - German-based Tamils, protesting the Sri Lankan Army's operations against Tamil Tiger rebels in the island nation, Sunday blocked the tracks at the Frankfurt Railway Station, one of Germany's main rail hubs. Federal police, charged with keeping transportation safe, said they counted 150 protesters who had descended from station platforms and were occupying several tracks, blocking rail operations.

April 26th, 2009 Egypt unveils ancient necropolis south of CairoILLAHUN, Egypt — Egyptian archaeologists on Sunday unveiled mummies, brightly painted sarcophagi and dozens of ancient tombs carved into a rocky hill in a desert oasis south of Cairo. The 53 tombs — some as old as 4,000 years — were discovered recently on a sandy plateau overlooking farming fields in the village Illahun, located in the Fayoum oasis about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of the Egyptian capital.

April 15th, 2009 PATNA - A coach of a Gaya-Patna passenger train caught fire at the main railway station here Wednesday. Officials said there was no passenger on board, and that firefighters had reached the spot.

April 8th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Rail traffic in Punjab was disrupted Wednesday with several trains stopped as protesters, angry over the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) clearance to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler of involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, blocked tracks in several places. In Amritsar, about 250 km from here, the long distance Amritsar-Darbhanga Flying Express was stopped.

March 20th, 2009 ROHTAK - Charging the police with harassing the people, agitators in this Haryana town Thursday blocked rail and road traffic for over four hours. Protesters blocked National Highway No.

March 2nd, 2009 RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh has heightened security along railway tracks in Maoist-hit districts following recent attacks by the rebels on rail facilities in Orissa and Bihar, police said Monday. 'Security at rail tracks and railway stations has been tightened after the attacks by Maoists on rail facilities in neighbouring Orissa and Bihar states,' Pawan Deo, deputy inspector general at the police headquarters here, told IANS.

February 16th, 2009 LONDON - It must have been one of Britain's most passionate places but now the rule in Warrington Bank Quay's station is: 'No kissing, we're British.' No-kissing signs were put up at the station's taxi and drop-off zone designated for rail travellers, as outbreaks of passion appeared to threaten the punctuality of traffic at the station operated by - yes - Virgin Rail. The company declared Monday that the signs were 'a light-hearted way' of encouraging travellers not to clog the often crowded station, which is located on the rail lines between London and Glasgow as well as Birmingham and Scotland.

February 4th, 2009 PATNA - Tension gripped a village in Bihar's Gopalganj district Thursday, a day after a clash between two communities over idol immersion, a police official said. Nearly a dozen people, including policemen, were injured Wednesday afternoon in a clash between two communities over idol immersion at Pathan Toli near Vishnipur village.

January 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government has approved the Rs.146-billion (Rs.14,600-crore) Chennai Metro Rail project, it said here Thursday. The project will be executed by Chennai Metro Rail Ltd, a joint venture with equal equity participation from the central and state governments, which has been set up on the lines of the Delhi Metro Rail Corp (DMRC).