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Transport in New York: On the Wrong Track
紐約的交通：歧途
Local railways are in bad shape - threatening the regions economy.
紐約鐵路線不規范——地方經濟將受影響。
On March 24th an Amtrak train derailed in New York's Penn station, hitting a regional commuter-line train.
3月24日，美鐵一輛火車在紐約佩恩火車站脫軌，撞上了當地通勤線上的一輛火車。
The resulting delay affected 250,000 passengers on the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) and New Jersey Transit, commuter lines which share Amtrak's tunnels and tracks in and around Penn Station.
結果導致長島鐵路和新澤西公交公司上的25萬名乘客滯留車站，而在佩恩站周邊的這條通勤線是美鐵隧道和軌道共用著。
Ten days later another Amtrak train derailed, this time taking out a set of points and eight of Penn station's 21 tracks.
10天后，美鐵又有火車脫軌，這次脫軌帶來了一系列的問題，讓佩恩站的8輛火車都受到了影響。
The delays and cancellations lasted a week.
因為這次事件，這條通勤線的運行停止了一周。
Then on April 14th, just as the Easter weekend began, a New Jersey Transit train got stuck for three hours in an approach tunnel.
接著在4月14日，就是在復活節周末開始的時候，新澤西公交公司的一輛火車又在隧道里被困了3個小時。
This caused long delays on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) the busiest passenger railway line in the country.
這使得國內東北走廊最繁忙的客運專線長時間堵塞。
On the same day a false report of gunfire at Penn triggered a stampede in which 16 were hurt.
同一天內，有關佩恩站的錯誤槍擊報告引發了一場騷亂，導致16人受傷。
New York's tabloids now call America's dingy, claustrophobic and busiest railway terminus “Pain Station”.
因此，紐約小報現在把這個骯臟的、封閉而最繁忙的火車總站稱為是“疼痛站”。
The station's 600,000 daily users will soon feel more pain.
然而這座車站的日均60萬乘客們在此之后還得面對更多麻煩。
Amtrak, which owns and operates the station, tracks and tunnels, said last month that it will need to shut down tracks to do repairs.
車站鐵軌及隧道的運營公司Amtrak（美國國家鐵路客運公司）上個月有說到將暫時停止鐵軌運行，以進行檢修。
These will take place over 44 days, mainly weekdays, in the summer.
這項工程預計耗時超過44天，而且大多數都是夏季的工作日進行。
The Partnership for New York City, which represents large companies, estimates that every hour of delay to commuters from Long Island and New Jersey costs Manhattan employers $14.5m.
代表著大公司利益的紐約是合作中心估計，從長島到新澤西的員工每延誤或滯留一個小時，就將給曼哈頓的老板們造成1450萬美元的損失。
The Northeast Corridor Commission, created by Congress, estimates that every day the NEC is out of service costs $100m in lost economic activity.
由國會組建的東北走廊委員會估計，紐約每停工一天，各項經濟活動損失將達到1億美元。
Yet repairs are badly needed.
然而，檢修問題確實是亟待解決的。
The two tunnels under the Hudson river, which serve the station and the main NEC arteries, are a century old and move with the tides.
哈德遜河(Hudson)下的兩條隧道服務于車站和東北走廊(NEC)客運要道，長達百年之久且隨潮汐而動。
譯文來源考研英語時事閱讀
