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 ...

Trains have been delayed on every Metra commuter line in the Chicago area during the Tuesday evening rush, due to a positive train control system outage. Metra officials said, beginning around 5 p.m., ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Transit Authority and other subway-based systems have what amounts to a safety exemption that gives them a pass from a federally-required technology called "Positive Train ...

While the majority of railroad lines, including Amtrak and Metra, use a sophisticated train control system, the Chicago Transit Authority was able to get an exemption. NBC 5 Investigates is learning ...

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 ...

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 ...

Trains on numerous Metra lines were delayed Wednesday due to issues with Positive Train Control systems, the agency said. According to an alert sent out just before 6 p.m., those issues were causing ...

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NJ Transit is spending another $19 million on Positive Train Control, a federally-mandated safety system that stops trains that speed or ignore signals. The work will keep the system current with ...

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 ...

New Jersey Transit will be reducing service and rail tickets fares for three months as positive train control work continues, the agency announced on Thursday. "Our customers will always be our first ...