The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has reiterated its call for an advanced train control system in its report on a ...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The automatic braking system railroads were required to install several years ago needs improvement to better prevent collisions, federal safety ...

NEW YORK — Siemens Mobility and electrical contractor L.K. Comstock have received a contract from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to modernize the subway Fulton and Liberty lines, served by ...

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metrorail has implemented improvements to its automatic train control and signals program, but “is not carrying out some key safety commitments,” ...

Let’s resume where I left off, moving right along, next up: The NPRM intends to amend section 236.1029, PTC System Use and Failures. The provisions authorizing “temporary exceptions” to the ...

The collision of three Norfolk Southern trains in Lower Saucon Township early this month highlights the shortcomings of the automated braking system that was created to prevent such crashes. None of ...

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 ...