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  • At another meeting on 28 September, the press release said he "provided suggestions as to where explosives should be placed on trains in Metrorail stations in Arlington to kill the most people in simultaneous attacks planned for 2011".

    Man charged over Washington subway 'terror plot' Ewen MacAskill in Washington 2010

  • So it's not just my imagination that the train to nowhere, as they called Metrorail when it was built back in 1980's, really is going nowhere.

    Sunday Reading 2008

  • Here's the plan for Metrorail and Metrobus service -- in short, Metrorail will "operate near rush-hour level service" between 6 p.m.

    DCist 2010

  • Workers at South African Airways would retain their jobs even though the company would no longer be a Transnet subsidiary, as would the 9000 employees of Transnet division Metrorail, which is to suffer the same fate.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • The booklet contains the minimum safety requirements needed by operators, such as Metrorail and Spoornet, to obtain operating permits.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • MEC Nkosi called on institutions such as Metrorail, PUTCO and others to make more trains and private buses available to assist commuters going to work.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2010

  • Tragic accidents in systems such as Metrorail rarely have one simple cause.

    why.i.hate.dc 2009

  • Metro managers need to understand that in a system such as Metrorail, safety is a very complex topic.

    why.i.hate.dc 2009

  • Rea Vaya website says it will not compete with other transport systems, such as Metrorail and the Gautrain.

    Joburg.org.za 2009

  • "Metrorail," Santiago's was a model of efficiency.

    EconTalk Michael Munger 2008

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