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Train Safety Tech Implementation Beats Congressional Deadline
The multi-year effort to implement positive train control wrapped up two days before a deadline set by Congress. The tech is intended to prevent trains from running through red signals or being switched to the wrong track. by Eric Anderson, Times Union / January 6, 2021 Shutterstock
(TNS) A system intended to prevent train collisions and derailments caused by excessive speed has been completed, the Federal Railroad Administration announced. The multi-year effort to install Positive Train Control wrapped up on Dec. 29, two days before a deadline set by Congress.
PTC is intended to prevent trains from running through red signals or being switched to the wrong track. It also is intended to prevent derailments caused by excessive speeds and to keep trains out of active work zones.
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December 23, 2020
NYMTA Commuter Railroads: 100% PTC Operational Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
MTA Chairman and CEO Patrick J. Foye (right), Metro-North Railroad President Catherine Rinaldi and Long Island Rail Road President Phil Eng announced Dec. 23 that the commuter railroads are operating in Positive Train Control (PTC) mode. (Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit)
Officials at New York MTA’s Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) announced Dec. 23 that implementation of Positive Train Control (PTC) was complete, just ahead of the Dec. 31, 2020, federal deadline. They teamed with systems integrator Siemens Mobility and Bombardier Transportation on the project.
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