The Amtrak passenger train didn't have a safety technology called the positive train control activated at the time it derailed in Washington state, said Richard Anderson, the rail service's president ...

The United States Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) said yesterday it has published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) focused on regulations related to Positive ...

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The MTA might ask the federal government to lower its standards in deciding if the Long Island Rail Road’s efforts so far in installing positive train control technology throughout its system meet ...

The railroad industry has installed an automatic braking system on nearly 58,000 miles of track where it is required ahead of a yearend deadline, federal regulators said Tuesday.Federal Railroad ...

CONTRACTED TO INSTALL FEDERALLY MANDATED SAFETY SYSTEMS ON THE COMMUTER RAIL IS NOW SUING THE MBTA. A HITACHI RAIL IS ACCUSING THE MBTA OF REQUIRING EXTRA WORK BEYOND THEIR CONTRACT AND THEN REFUSING ...

Numerous Metra lines are experiencing service interruptions and train cancellations due to outages with the Positive Train Control system, the agency says. According to officials, all trains on the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Service was restored on several Metra train lines Monday afternoon, but extensive delays were expected following outages with systems designed to automatically stop trains to avoid ...