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Railroads’ progress on Positive Train Control remains uneven<\/h2>\n

\"\"WASHINGTON<\/b>\u2014The U.S. Department of Transportation\u2019s (US DOT\u2019s) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today released a status update on its efforts to assist railroads in implementing positive train control systems (PTC), along with the railroads\u2019 self-reported progress for the fourth quarter of 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the direction of Secretary Elaine L. Chao, the FRA is taking a proactive approach to ensure railroads acquire, install, test and fully implement certified PTC systems in time to meet the congressional interim deadline of December 31, 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the railroads\u2019 responsibility to meet the congressionally mandated PTC requirements,\u201d said FRA Administrator Ronald L. Batory. \u201cThe FRA is committed to doing its part to ensure railroads and suppliers are working together to implement PTC systems.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Between January 2 and February 14, 2018, FRA\u2019s leadership hosted face-to-face meetings with executives from each of the 41 railroads subject to the statutory mandate. The purpose of the meetings was to evaluate each railroad\u2019s PTC status and learn what remaining steps each needs to take to have a PTC system fully implemented by the December deadline or, at a minimum, to meet the statutory criteria necessary to qualify for an alternative schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result of the meetings with railroads, FRA is now meeting with PTC suppliers to learn more about their capacity to meet the high demands for railroads\u2019 implementation of PTC systems in a timely manner.<\/span><\/p>\n

PTC systems are designed to prevent certain train-to-train collisions, over-speed derailments, incursions into established work zone limits, and trains going to the wrong tracks because a switch was left in the wrong position.<\/span><\/p>\n

All railroads subject to the statutory PTC implementation mandate must implement FRA-certified and interoperable PTC systems by the end of the year. Under the Positive Train Control Enforcement and Implementation Act of 2015, however, Congress permits a railroad to request FRA\u2019s approval of an \u201calternate schedule\u201d with a deadline beyond December 31, 2018, but no later than December 31, 2020, for certain non-hardware, operational aspects of PTC system implementation. The congressional mandate requires FRA to approve a railroad\u2019s alternative schedule with a deadline no later than December 31, 2020, if a railroad submits a written request to FRA that demonstrates the railroad has met the statutory criteria set forth under 49 U.S.C. \u00a7\u00a020157(a)(3)(B).<\/span><\/p>\n

The fourth quarter data, current as of December 31, 2017, shows PTC systems are in operation on approximately 56 percent of freight railroads\u2019 route miles that are required to be governed by PTC systems\u2014up from 45 percent last quarter and 16 percent on December 31, 2016. Passenger railroads have made less progress\u2014with PTC systems in operation on only 24 percent of required route miles, unchanged from the previous quarter.<\/span><\/p>\n

The latest data confirms that railroads continue to make progress in installing PTC system hardware, with 15 railroads reporting they have completed installation of all hardware necessary for PTC system implementation and another 11 railroads reporting they have installed over 80 percent of PTC system hardware.\u00a0In addition, all but three railroads report having acquired sufficient spectrum for their PTC system needs.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more key implementation data for the fourth quarter, see the infographics here:\u00a0https:\/\/www.fra.dot.gov\/ptc<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To view the public version of each railroad\u2019s Quarterly PTC Progress Report (Form FRA F 6180.165, OMB Control No. 2130-0553) for Quarter 4 of 2017, please visit each railroad\u2019s PTC docket on https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/<\/span><\/a>. Railroads\u2019 PTC docket numbers are available at https:\/\/www.fra.dot.gov\/Page\/P0628<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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