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To: Bucky Katt who wrote (1297)2/8/2006 12:37:13 PM
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New Jersey begins screening rail passengers

Commuters heading to work in Manhattan walked through metal detectors Tuesday at a busy train station and fed their bags into X-ray machines -- marking the start of a test of an airport-style security screening program.
The $1 million test program is a response to the train bombings in Madrid and London.
The program at the Exchange Place PATH station is designed to see how well the technology works for large numbers of daily rail travelers. The equipment was desensitized so keys, loose change and cell phones wouldn't set off alarms.
The scanners are intended to detect large quantities of metal, as in the explosives vests used by suicide bombers in the Middle East, Doug Bauer, an official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, tells The Associated Press.
In an effort to keep passengers moving quickly through the system, commuters won't be required to take off their shoes or empty their pockets. The screening process should take about one minute, officials say.
If the test is considered successful, similar equipment could be used on the rest of the Port Authority Trans-Hudson train system and on other mass transit systems around the country, authorities say.
About 15,000 passengers a day pass through the Exchange Place station.
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