August 20, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Rockland/Westchester Journal News, August 19, 2020) NEW YORK — All three of Metro-North Railroad’s major lines are outfitted with life-saving technology designed to prevent high-speed derailments like the one that killed four passengers on a...
August 17, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Freight Waves, August 14, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The U.S. operations of the Class I railroads are closer to reaching full compliance with the federal mandate to implement positive train control (PTC) by the end of December, according to data from the...
August 14, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Railway Age, August 13, 2020) NEW YORK — Following installation on approximately one mile of slow-speed track in the Chicago terminal, Amtrak has now implemented Positive Train Control (PTC) on all of its owned or controlled tracks and locomotives. Full...
August 14, 2020 | Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 13, 2020) As of June 30, positive train control (PTC) systems are governing operations on nearly 99 percent of all 57,537-PTC mandated rail route miles, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced yesterday. Full story:...
August 13, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: www.nj.com, August 12, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit is taking advantage of low ridership again during the coronavirus pandemic to make progress on a looming federal deadline to complete a safety project by the end of the year by redeploying dozens of...
August 13, 2020 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Federal Railroad Administration press release, August 12, 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 June 30,...
July 1, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: www.nj.com, June 30, 2020) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit officials proclaimed the agency “achieved a milestone” toward meeting an end of the year deadline to have a $337 million safety system running that’s required by the federal government. Full story:...
June 18, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Wabtec press release, June 16, 2020) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Wabtec has secured agreements worth $120M to implement signaling and train control systems for Virgin Trains USA. The project is a unique high-speed signaling and train control application for the North...
May 28, 2020 | Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Transport Topics, May 27, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — An automatic braking system for railroads is either in advanced field testing or operational on 98% of the required route miles mandated by Congress, according to a recent assessment by federal regulators....
May 22, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Railway Age, May 20, 2020) NEW YORK — The presidents of MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and MTA Metro-North Railroad have announced that Positive Train Control (PTC) has been activated on the majority of their tracks, and both railroads remain on pace to...
