October 1, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Progressive Railroading, September 27, 2019) American Public Transportation Association (APTA) officials earlier this week urged Congress to increase support for commuter railroads by authorizing $1 billion in funding for positive train control (PTC) over six...
September 26, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Poughkeepsie Journal, September 26, 2019) POUGHKEEPSIE — Nearly six years after a Metro-North Railroad Hudson line train derailed as it approached the Spuyten Duyvil station in the Bronx, the technology that investigators say could have prevented the crash...
September 20, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Chicago Sun-Times, September 18, 2019) CHICAGO — Metra plans to tweak the schedule of Electric Line trains next year after installing a federally mandated electronic safety system intended to prevent collisions. The Positive Train Control safety system...
September 16, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: www.nj.com, September 16, 2019) NEWARK, N.J. — As of the end of August, NJ Transit has spent $302 million on Positive Train Control, said Nancy Snyder, an NJ Transit spokeswoman. Full story: www.nj.com
September 11, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: www.nj.com, September 10, 2019) NEWARK, N.J. — NJ Transit is one of nine railroads where zero miles of track, equipped with a federally mandated safety system, are in regular service, federal officials said. Full story: www.nj.com
September 10, 2019 | FRA, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Railway Age, September 9, 2019) NEW YORK — With 16 months left until the Congressionally mandated Dec. 31, 2020 deadline for full implementation of PTC (Positive Train Control), the U.S. railroad industry is drawing close, according to the Federal Railroad...
August 20, 2019 | Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Connecticut Post, August 20, 2019) BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — On Tuesday — the 50th anniversary of a train accident in Darien that killed four and injured 43 passengers — Sen. Richard Blumenthal will make a renewed call for train safety. Full story: Connecticut...
August 14, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Journal News, August 13, 2019) NEW YORK — Former Metro-North Railroad engineer William Rockefeller has dropped his $10 million lawsuit against the commuter rail nearly three years after claiming the railroad’s failure to install a backup safety system was to...
August 7, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Bloomberg, August 5, 2019) NEWARK, N.J. — New Jersey Transit is withholding the growing cost of one of its biggest-ever capital projects, an emergency rail-braking system ordered by Congress. In 2017, the so-called positive train control system had a cost of...
August 6, 2019 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Railway Age, August 5, 2019) NEW YORK — Commuter Rail Coalition chair and Metra CEO Jim Derwinski recently testified before the Senate Commerce Committee, where he requested a new grant program specifically for commuter railroads that are struggling to meet...
