The Amtrak service that was suspended along the Northeast corridor where the deadly derailment occurred last week was up and running again on Monday.
The Associated Press noted that Amtrak service between Philadelphia and New York was restored for the morning rush. The first train headed to New York from Philadelphia left just after 6:00 a.m. and the city’s Mayor Michael Nutter was at the station to see the passengers off.
This is the first time trains in that part of the Northeast corridor were running since last Tuesday’s derailment which killed eight people and injured 200 others.
The National Transportation Safety Board has been looking into the cause of the derailment. Investigators said that a data box recorder revealed that Train 188, out of Washington D.C., was going over 100 mph when it came off the tracks at the Frankford Junction in Philadelphia. The speed limit in that area is 50 mph.
In the wake of the derailment, several safety concerns and questions have been raised. As previously reported, federal regulators have ordered new safety measures for all Amtrak trains and over the weekend an Automatic Train Control system was installed near where the crash took place.
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