Amtrak told to improve safety after fatal crash

Washington

AMTRAK must take immediate steps to improve the safety of its busiest route after a derailment in Philadelphia last week that killed eight passengers and sent more than 200 to local hospitals, US federal regulators said.

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) ordered Amtrak to put a speed-control system in use on all northbound trains along the stretch where a train crashed last Tuesday night as it headed to New York.