States must receive FTA certification by April 15, 2019 or new federal transit funds cannot be awarded.
As part its Subway Action Plan, the New York MTA is reducing signal failures by cleaning Insulated Joints with new magnetic wands.
Fourteen railroads report they have installed 100 percent of the hardware necessary for PTC system implementation, as of March 31, 2018.
David L. Mayer will oversee the management and operations of the MSC, which was created by the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia to serve as the State Safety Oversight Agency for the Metrorail system.
FTA is prohibited by law from awarding new federal transit funds to any transit provider in a state that fails to meet the deadline, until certification is achieved.
At the direction of Secretary Elaine L. Chao, the FRA is taking a proactive approach to ensure railroads acquire, install, test, and fully implement certified PTC systems in time to meet the congressional interim deadline of Dec. 31, 2018.
Train conductors answer questions about the safest place to sit in the railcar and whether a "sick person" is a euphemism for something else.
The incident, which occurred at around 6:40 a.m., resulted from a "mechanical issue."
Amtrak train 91 should have been on the main line, but it was directed to tracks just east of it, where a CSX train was parked.
The chartered train was carrying lawmakers to a retreat in West Virginia.
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