MetroLink safety record examined

As concerns mount about the safety of Metrolink trains, a Daily News analysis has found the commuter rail system has a far higher fatality rate than most larger systems throughout the country and was responsible for nearly two-thirds of the nation's passenger deaths over the past six years.Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

While Metrolink is the nation's seventh-largest commuter rail system in terms of ridership, it has experienced the third-highest number of overall fatalities - including those onboard and on the ground - over the past decade.

And over the past six years, 39 out of 61 passenger fatalities across the nation involved Metrolink trains, according to an analysis of Federal Railroad Administration data.