FILE PHOTO: Behind Greece's mass protests, a generation of scandal, and anger (This April 28 story has been corrected to clarify that the entire train fleet on the main rail axis, not the entire train ...
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,” ...
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 ...
RAILWAY AGE NOVEMBER 2022 ISSUE: Transit or freight? As technology progresses, differences will go away. On Oct. 20-21, I attended the 2022 edition of the annual Railway Age/Parsons-Next-Gen Train ...
A multimillion-dollar state grant will eventually bring the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency’s floppy-disk-based subway train-control system into the 21st century. The SFMTA will receive ...
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 ...
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 San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, which runs the city's Muni Metro light rail, claims to be the first US agency to adopt floppy disks. But today, the SFMTA is eager to abandon its ...
(TNS) — BART had barely restored service, after an hourslong meltdown on Friday, when the politics and damage control began. "The temporary outage provided a window into what life in the Bay Area will ...
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., ...