The railroad industry has installed an automatic braking system on nearly 58,000 miles of track where it is required ahead of a yearend deadline, federal regulators said Tuesday.Federal Railroad ...

The Amtrak passenger train didn't have a safety technology called the positive train control activated at the time it derailed in Washington state, said Richard Anderson, the rail service's president ...

The United States Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) said yesterday it has published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) focused on regulations related to Positive ...

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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is calling on the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to formulate a plan to “incorporate promising new [Positive Train Control (PTC)] technology into ...

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The implementation and operation of Positive Train Control (PTC) systems, designed to prevent collisions and enhance safety in commuter railroads, come with inherent costs. However, a recent report ...

As Metra lines continued to face delays Monday morning across the Chicago area, the commuter rail system issued a statement explaining what led to the disruption. "The cause is the failure of the PTC ...