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Federal Railroad Administration finalizes on-time performance rule

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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has published a final rule on performance metrics for passenger trains, addressing an issue that has been in limbo for over a decade.

The rule sets forth metrics and a minimum standard measuring the performance and service quality of Amtrak trains, including metrics relating to on-time performance and train delays, customer service, and financial and public benefits, FRA said Monday.

The rule is important for the freight rail industry because Amtrak uses...

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U.S. Class I railroads inch towards full positive train control implementation

A photograph of a freight train locomotive.

One-hundred percent of the tracks owned by the U.S. operations of the Class I railroads have completed the advanced field testing of positive train control (PTC), a federally mandated safety technology that must be implemented on all Class I railroads, Amtrak and certain commuter rail lines by December 31 of this year, according to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). 

The advanced field testing stage, known as revenue service demonstration (RSD), is among the last steps to completing the...

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