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The passenger rail operator is seeking expedited FCC approval to equip the site of the Philadelphia dertailment with positive train control technology.
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For Fiscal Year 2015, the agency will collect 75% of all civil penalties it issued to railroads for violating federal safety regulations — a 6% increase over FY2014, and the largest percentage rate ever collected by the agency.
Read More →The DMU passed an 80,000-pound structural buff-load test, which involved being compressed by two hydraulic rams.
Read More →The nonprofit cites FRA statistics, which indicate 2,004 vehicle-train collisions in the U.S. in 2010, up 4.2 percent from the 1,924 incidents in 2009. The collisions resulted in 260 deaths and 810 injuries, with crossing deaths up 5.3 percent and crossing injuries up 9.8 percent.
Read More →Approved for two routes connecting the Hampton Roads area to Richmond, Va. and the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor.
Read More →Selected projects will improve existing rail corridors and create new ones, broadening access to intercity passenger rail services for communities across the country.
Read More →The reforms address factors identified during several serious safety incidents over the last year, as well as issues identified by an in-depth FRA review of its operating practices that took place this past winter.
Read More →The list will advance a systematic approach for the improvement and development of the commuter and intercity passenger rail backbone of the region’s rail network.
Read More →Under the MOU, the agencies committed their departments to following the President’s “One Federal Decision” with a goal to complete the entire process within two years.
Read More →The grants will fund a variety of crossing safety and trespass prevention public education projects.
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