(Source: WTOP, April 10, 2019)
CHEVY CHASE, Md. — Virginia Railway Express partially blames the roll out of a new safety system for a number of recent delays. Positive Train Control — a system that can slow or stop trains going too fast or approaching another train on the tracks ahead — was first fully activated for a VRE train on the Federicksburg Line Feb. 14. Last month, it was expanded to all Fredericksburg Line trains.
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