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Newsby StaffSeptember 11, 2019

FRA report finds PTC progress continues to be steady

As of June 30, PTC systems were in operation on approximately 50,300 (87%) of the nearly 58,000 route miles required to be equipped by Congress.

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Newsby StaffAugust 14, 2019

DCTA adding service after full PTC implementation

With the new train schedule, there will be improved A-train frequency all day.

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NewsJune 26, 2019

3 spatial tools to help you maintain your wayside PTC assets

With thousands of pieces of new infrastructure, railroads are asking: How are we going to manage all these safety-critical PTC assets?

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Newsby StaffJune 12, 2019

SFRTA set to test PTC on revenue service

Revenue trains will be incrementally added in the demonstration phase until the entire fleet is operating with PTC systems.

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Newsby StaffMay 29, 2019

PTC now operating on 48K plus miles, according to FRA report

All 41 railroads subject to the statutory mandate complied with the law by Dec. 31, 2018.

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Newsby StaffMarch 13, 2019

PTC implementation took a leap between 2016-2018

In a statement from the U.S. DOT, implementation jumped from 24% to 30% for passenger rail and 16% to 83% for freight. 

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Newsby StaffFebruary 15, 2019

All required railroads met statutory deadline, schedule for PTC

Notably, Quarter Four data also show PTC systems are in operation on almost 46,000 of the nearly 58,000-route miles.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 12, 2019

Metro-North Railroad lands grant to set up PTC test lab

Will help improve the performance of PTC radio spectrum utilization required to make PTC operational on the Northeast Corridor.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 30, 2019

Sound Transit link completes install, certification of PTC

Completed implementation on all Sounder commuter rail vehicles that run between Lakewood and Everett. 

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Newsby StaffJanuary 29, 2019

NJ TRANSIT set to open Atlantic City Rail Line in Q2

The agency continues to address a continuing shortage of locomotive engineers, as well as equipment availability, as PTC installations and testing continues.

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