COVID-19 pandemic threatens positive train control implementation

A photograph of a train traveling by a beach.

The COVID-19 pandemic could hamper freight and passenger railroads’ ability to meet the December 31 deadline on positive train control (PTC) implementation, according to an April 30 report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to Senator Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

“Unforeseen issues, in particular the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic, could delay railroads’ implementation and put...

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