From Trains Magazine
Published: Monday, April 05, 2010
| WASHINGTON — Amtrak is planning to implement positive train control technology on the lines it owns by the end of 2012, three years ahead of a federally mandated deadline. The railroad owns the Boston-Washington Northeast Corridor, the Philadelphia-Harrisburg Keystone Corridor, plus the portion of the Wolverine Service route between Kalamazoo, Mich., and Porter, Ind.
In late 2008, Congress ordered railroads to implement PTC on most rail lines by the end of 2015. All lines that host passenger trains are included. The technology is designed to detect conditions that could lead to a collision between two trains, and stop trains before an accident can occur. Amtrak will submit its PTC implementation plan to the Federal Railroad Administration by April 16, as Congress required. It’s planning for interoperability with other railroads, key on most Amtrak routes, where freight and passenger trains share the same routes. |