May 1, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Observer, April 30, 2018) NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Transit is at risk of missing a federal deadline to install a mandatory safety system on its tracks and may ask for a two-year extension to complete the work, the head of the agency told state lawmakers on...
April 27, 2018 | Headlines, Positive Train Control, UP
(Source: Union Pacific press release, April 26, 2018) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific continues to make strides implementing positive train control (PTC). The company anticipates it will meet all required deadlines for installing PTC on its network. As allowed by federal...
April 27, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: The Journal News, April 24, 2018) NEW YORK — Despite a recent setback, Metro-North president Catherine Rinaldi says technology designed to prevent deadly derailments on commuter rails will be installed by an end-of-year deadline set by federal safety...
April 26, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: New York Post, April 25, 2018) NEW YORK — The Federal Railroad Administration is worried that both the MTA and NJ Transit are falling behind on installing life-saving technology and that the agencies will miss the government-set, end-of-year deadline. Full...
April 9, 2018 | CSX, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Transport Topics, April 6, 2018) ARLINGTON, Va. — Freight rail company CSX Corp. is ordering the Protran Technology Collision Avoidance System to be installed on several hundred of its railway track maintenance machines, and eventually onto its entire fleet....
April 9, 2018 | BNSF, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Pioneer Press, April 6, 2018) CHICAGO — Proposed schedule changes on the Metra BNSF line will drop the number of morning trains that run express from downtown Hinsdale to Chicago from four to two, and the total number of trains from eight to seven between...
April 3, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Naperville Sun, April 2, 2018) CHICAGO — Naperville-area Metra commuters’ opinions are being sought on proposed service changes coming as a result of a government-mandated safety measures. Full story: Chicago Tribune
April 2, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Eagle-Tribune, April 2, 2018) BOSTON — Technology used to prevent train accidents, already long behind schedule, won’t be up and running on MBTA commuter rail for at least two years, officials say. Full story: Eagle-Tribune
April 2, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Connecticut Post, March 31, 2018) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Metro-North is scrambling to meet a year-end deadline to install life-saving safety equipment that can halt speeding trains and prevent crashes — but there are concerns about whether the railroad is on...
March 22, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: MTA press release, March 20, 2018) LONG ISLAND, N.Y. — Long Island Rail Road crews will perform testing on a new signal system this weekend, March 24-25, at Harold Interlocking, an important step furthering progress on the East Side Access project that will...
