June 28, 2018 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Associated Press, June 28, 2018) ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Federal Railroad Administration has warned Maryland officials the state’s train system is at risk of failing to meet a congressional deadline to install a mandatory safety system by the end of the...
June 28, 2018 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: www.northjersey.com, June 27, 2018) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — NJ Transit received approval from federal regulators Tuesday for a plan that could buy the agency another two years to finish positive train control, a safety system Congress required a decade ago. The...
June 27, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: NBC New York, June 26, 2018) NEW YORK — New Jersey Transit will not meet the December 31 deadline to have a crucial safety system known as Positive Train Control up and running, Executive Director Kevin Corbett told News 4 New York on Tuesday. Instead, the...
June 25, 2018 | BNSF, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Freight Waves, June 16, 2018) NEW YORK — Two days before the chief federal rail regulator was scheduled to hold a big meeting to talk about positive train control with the nation’s railroads, one of the biggest dropped a bombshell. Full story: Freight...
June 14, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: www.northjersey.com, June 13, 2018) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Positive train control installation is causing delays on PATH while there is a late train on the North Jersey Coast Line. Full story: www.northjersey.com
June 14, 2018 | BNSF, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: BNSF Railway press release, June 13, 2018) FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) announced in December 2017 that it had fully installed and was operating under Positive Train Control (PTC) on all mandated subdivisions in advance of the December 31,...
June 13, 2018 | Amtrak, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Railway Age, June 12, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak, working with BNSF, will the week of June 11 implement Positive Train Control (PTC) on BNSF-owned subdivisions that host the Southwest Chief and California Zephyr, marking the first activation on...
June 8, 2018 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, June 7, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced its first-ever positive train control (PTC) symposium. The symposium will be...
June 4, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Progressive Railroading, May31, 2018) Positive train control (PTC) technology is in the testing phase, in revenue service demonstration or fully operational on 30 percent of the 3,339 miles of commuter rail in the United States, the American Public...
May 31, 2018 | Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Supply Chain Dive, May 31, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — With 140,000 miles of freight railroad track across the United States, getting all rails PTC-ready is no easy task. Full story: Supply Chain Dive
