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Metro-North Crews Get Little Supervision, Don't Track Work, Report Says

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- Maintenance crews for Metro-North Railroad get little to no supervision and fail to document their work out on the railroad's tracks, switches and signals, according to a new report from the MTA’s inspector general.

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The report, issued by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Inspector General Barry Kluger, said many of the problems were brought to the railroad's attention in 2001 but were not addressed.

The report said work assignments are made verbally, not in writing, and reports are not kept. Crews are not required to track their work, the report said. 

Sometimes, work crews are not even assigned work to do by their supervisor for their shifts, the report said. 

Metro-North has been under fire in recent years, especially after a fiery train-car crash in Valhalla in February killed six people and a derailment in December 2013 that left four passengers dead. 

To read the full report from the inspector general, click here.

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