Metro Magazine
MENU
SEARCHMENUSEARCHLoading data...
Scheduled to be completed in Spring 2026, PTC will support the Amtrak Downeaster service and freight trains traveling on this route.
Read More →
Missing from this year’s list is the Positive Train Control mandate, which was removed after the successful implementation by rail providers at the end of 2020.
Read More →
The accomplishment encompasses thousands of hours of testing and deployment, innovative technological solutions, and a tremendous amount of coordination among nearly 100 host and tenant railroads, railroad associations, material suppliers, and service providers.
Read More →
In total, will equip 90 freight and commuter locomotives with its I-ETMS train control technology.
Read More →
Work remains as 63.2% of all commuter railroads’ cumulative required route miles were PTC-governed as of March 31, an 8.5% increase since last quarter.
Read More →
As of Dec. 31, systems were in RSD or operation on 55,601 route miles — 96.3% of the nearly 58,000 route miles subject to the mandate.
Read More →
The MTA Transit Committee Chair and former Federal Railroad Administrator will begin March 9, while the agency conducts a search for a permanent chief.
Read More →
The FRA has approved the agency to begin Revenue Service Demonstration of the safety technology.
Read More →
This year, the agency became the first major U.S.-based railroad to implement a Safety Management System, a proactive approach to managing safety, resulting in significant improvement.
Read More →
RTD had previously stated that its goal was to open the rail line during the first quarter of 2020.
Read More →