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US train crash highlights sluggish investment in rail system

It was the fifth deadly rail accident in the US in less than three years

Published Sun, Oct 2, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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    New York

    LAST week's train crash at a major transport hub to Manhattan - the fifth deadly US rail accident in less than three years - highlighted safety concerns and chronic underinvestment in America.

    One woman was killed and more than 100 people injured when a commuter train travelling "at a high rate of speed" ploughed into the station at Hoboken, New Jersey, during the morning rush hour on Thursday.

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