March 23, 2020 | Amtrak, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, March 20, 2020) NEW YORK — The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued an NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking) for measuring the performance and service quality of Amtrak intercity passenger trains that operate on host freight railroad...
March 20, 2020 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Mass Transit Mag, March 18, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Metrolink has been awarded $10.7 million in funding from the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program. The funding will support...
March 19, 2020 | Commuter Rail, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Safety and Health Magazine, March 18, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than three years after the Federal Railroad Administration published a final rule that requires commuter and intercity passenger lines to develop and implement system safety programs, FRA is...
March 17, 2020 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, March 14, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pursuant to Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 211.45, Federal Railroad Administration Administrator Ronald L. Batory has determined that the imminent threat...
March 13, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Progressive Railroading, March 12, 2020) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) this week proposed a rule of particular applicability (RPA) to establish safety standards for the Texas Central Railroad’s Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail system. Full...
March 13, 2020 | DOT, FRA, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, March 12, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced the recipients of $248.5 million in grant funds under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements...
March 11, 2020 | FRA, Headlines
(Source: Safety and Health Magazine, March 10, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Effective April 20, the Federal Railroad Administration is requiring the nation’s largest freight railroads – known as Class I – and smaller freight railroads with “inadequate safety performance”...
March 6, 2020 | FRA, News
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 6 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD) jointly petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on March 6 to take action in responding to the rapidly spreading...
March 2, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 28, 2020) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) yesterday released a fourth-quarter 2019 status report on railroads’ progress in implementing positive train control (PTC) systems as required by Congress. Full story:...
February 28, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, February 27, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today released a quarterly status update on railroads’ self-reported progress, as of December...
