>America’s Trains Are Finally Getting Automated Safety Systems
More than five years after a collision killed 25 people and spurred new railway regulations, Southern California’s Metrolink has become the first commuter rail system in the country to implement a new...
View ArticleNo video to help Amtrak probe — despite NTSB recommendation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five years ago, federal accident investigators recommended that the government require video cameras in locomotive cabs to record engineers' actions. But it didn't happen. Now, that's...
View ArticleNo video to help Amtrak probe _ despite NTSB recommendation
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Five years ago, federal accident investigators recommended that the government require video cameras in locomotive cabs to record engineers' actions. But it didn't happen. Now,...
View ArticleRiding the commuter rails, an act of faith and denial
By Tom Zoellner Guest blogger Public Transportation Metrolink A Metrolink rider notes: Sit in the middle, facing backwards and hope Riding an American commuter train is a minor act of faith — or at...
View ArticleOCTA Applauds Implementation of Positive Train Control (OCTA - Orange County...
(Source: OCTA - Orange County Transportation Authority) Metrolink will be the first commuter rail service in the nation to utilize the collision-avoidance system ORANGE - Orange County Transportation...
View ArticleNew York Train Derailment Prompts Governors To Press Safety Debate
This piece comes to us courtesy of Stateline. Stateline is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts that provides daily reporting and analysis on trends in state policy. The...
View Article28 hurt when California train crashes into truck on tracks
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) - A commuter train slammed into a truck abandoned on the tracks early Tuesday, sending three rail cars tumbling onto their sides and injuring 28 people in the fiery crash in...
View ArticleRailroads seek extension for installing anti-collision system
WASHINGTON — Spurred by a deadly train crash in Los Angeles, Congress in 2008 passed with great fanfare legislation requiring the nation's railroads to install a sophisticated collision-avoidance...
View ArticleTrain safety system is running late
The North County Transit District is more than a year behind on federal certification of a high-tech train safety system designed to prevent crashes like the one that killed eight people in...
View ArticleParsons’ Positive Train Control to Launch on Metrolink’s San Bernardino Rail...
(Source: Parsons Corporation) PASADENA, CA (March 5, 2015) - Parsons is pleased to announce that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has given the Southern California Regional Railroad...
View ArticleRep. Schiff Calls for Immediate Implementation of Positive Train Control...
(Source: Adam Schiff) 05.14.15 Washington, DC - Today, in the wake of the tragic Amtrak crash in Philadelphia that so far has cost the lives of eight people, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) called for urgent...
View ArticleFreight railroads in northwest working on safety upgrade
SEATTLE — Freight railroads in the Pacific Northwest are working on installing the type of safety system that regulators say could have prevented Tuesday's deadly Amtrak crash in Philadelphia. But KUOW...
View ArticleMetrolink train hits truck, derails in Oxnard; train engineer critically hurt
Caption Metrolink train derails in Oxnard Al Seib / Los Angeles Times Firefighters and first responders on the scene of a Metrolink train derailment in Oxnard early Tuesday morning. (Al Seib / Los...
View ArticleNew Metrolink cars' safety features probably reduced casualties
Al Seib, Los Angeles Times Derailed Metrolink train cars in Oxnard on Tuesday; the cars are part of Metrolink's state-of-the-art fleet that incorporates safety features developed after years of...
View ArticleSouthern California commuter train crash: Truck got 'stuck' at crossing
Caption Metrolink train derails in Oxnard Al Seib / Los Angeles Times Ventura County first responders at the scene of an overturned Metrolink train car in Oxnard Tuesday, after it colliding with a...
View ArticleMetrolink has struggled with safety, deadly crashes
Caption Metrolink train derails in Oxnard Al Seib / Los Angeles Times A firefighter hoses down hot spots after a Metrolink train colliding with a vehicle on the tracks in Oxnard early Tuesday. (Al Seib...
View ArticleMetrolink IE-OC and 91 Lines have returned to regular service (Southern...
(Source: Southern California Regional Rail Authority) Track damage between Corona and Anaheim has been repaired allowing normal service to resume LOS ANGELES - Repair work by BNSF Railway on track...
View ArticleCalifornia Rail Safety Month campaign launched at Orange Station (Southern...
(Source: Southern California Regional Rail Authority) "See Tracks? Think Train!" spokesperson shares experience after losing legs in rail incident ORANGE, CALIF. - Metrolink, Orange County...
View ArticleSafety went off the rails
Washington Given the danger of the oil trains rolling through his city, Albany County Executive Dan McCoy can't understand why the federal government isn't ordering every rail-safety improvement...
View ArticleMetrolink and Thousand Oaks Transit debut new shuttle service to improve...
(Source: Southern California Regional Rail Authority) LOS ANGELES - Metrolink has partnered with the City of Thousand Oaks and Thousand Oaks Transit to provide convenient weekday round-trip shuttle...
View ArticleMetrolink to showcase new safety wrapped passenger car at San Bernardino...
(Source: Southern California Regional Rail Authority) Rail enthusiasts will also take Metrolink to and from Los Angeles to complement a train ride powered by a 1927 AT&SF Steam Locomotive 3751...
View ArticleMetrolink to replace contractor to avoid train control project delays
Southern California's Metrolink commuter rail agency plans to replace a key subcontractor Friday in an attempt to keep on schedule a $211-million, state-of-the-art collision avoidance system. The...
View ArticleWith Metrolink leading the way, train safety system must be adopted...
At 4:22 p.m. on Sept. 12, 2008, as people were commuting home from work, a Union Pacific freight train and a Metrolink commuter train collided in Chatsworth in one of the deadliest train wrecks in...
View ArticleMetrolink's annual ridership continues to drop
Sean Robb of Valencia regularly took Metrolink to and from work in Glendale until the trains increasingly fell behind schedule. It became so bad, Robb called the line "Metro-Late." He now drives to the...
View ArticleTruck stalls on track before fiery train crash, 28 injured
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) -- A commuter train slammed into a truck stuck on the tracks early Tuesday, sending three rail cars tumbling onto their sides and injuring 28 people in the fiery crash in...
View ArticleRail safety technology improvements delayed by cost, complexity
Most of the nation’s railroads will not meet a Dec. 31 deadline for installing collision-avoidance technology that could have prevented Tuesday’s deadly Amtrak crash in Philadelphia. Congress in 2008...
View Article28 hurt when California train crashes into truck on tracks, derails
OXNARD, Calif. (AP) -- A commuter train slammed into a truck abandoned on the tracks early Tuesday, sending three rail cars tumbling onto their sides and injuring 28 people in the fiery crash in...
View ArticleAmtrak crash: Why positive train control is a negative for many railroads
The location may be near Philadelphia, but the story is tragically familiar to anyone in Southern California who commutes by rail: After a deadly derailment -- this one of an Amtrak train apparently...
View ArticleSpending on rail crossing safety upgrades varies widely across Southland
Rail safety spending varies widely Wally Skalij, Los Angeles Times A Metrolink train crosses an intersection in Santa Fe Springs. (Wally Skalij, Los Angeles Times) By Dan Weikel and Laura J. Nelson...
View ArticleSouthern California Rail Safety Team completes month-long enforcement effort...
(Source: Southern California Regional Rail Authority) LOS ANGELES - As part of ongoing safety efforts, the Southern California Rail Safety Team (SCRST) partnered with numerous law enforcement agencies...
View ArticleMetrolink Orange County and Inland Empire-Orange County lines to have...
(Source: Southern California Regional Rail Authority) LOS ANGELES - On Nov. 16 and 17, Metrolink's Orange County and Inland Empire-Orange County lines will not operate between the San Clemente Pier and...
View ArticleMetrolink launches new train control safety system
In a ceremony that remembered victims of the deadly Chatsworth crash in 2008, the Metrolink passenger railroad Thursday launched a state-of-the-art safety system along sections of its 512-mile network...
View ArticleFormer MTA chief expected to be named head of Metrolink commuter rail
The Metrolink commuter rail system's board of directors on Friday is expected to hire Art Leahy, the former head of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, as the railroad's chief...
View ArticleMetrolink board members want to consider hiring outgoing MTA chief
Board members of the Metrolink commuter rail service are interested in considering Arthur T. Leahy as a candidate to become the line's next chief executive. Leahy announced his resignation this week as...
View ArticleMetrolink's new chief looks to boost image
Earlier this month, staff writer Dan Weikel talked with Art Leahy, Metrolink's new chief executive officer, during an inspection of the regional commuter railroad's Ventura County Line between...
View ArticleSouthern California Rail Safety Team implements rail crossing enforcements...
(Source: Metrolink - Southern California Regional Rail Authority) Efforts were a part of International Level Crossing Awareness Day LOS ANGELES - As part of International Level Crossing Awareness Day,...
View ArticleMetrolink will extend 91 line to south Perris
In its first major expansion since 1994, the Metrolink commuter railroad that serves Southern California is converting 24 miles of an old freight route to passenger service between Riverside and...
View ArticleEx-MTA chief is new head of Metrolink, has his work cut out for him
The Metrolink commuter rail system's board of directors on Friday hired Art Leahy, the former head of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, as the railroad's chief executive...
View ArticleLittle-known agency keeps commuter rail network on track
The 351-mile rail corridor that runs along the coast between San Diego, Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo is the second-busiest intercity route in the nation. Its annual passenger load of 7.4 million is...
View ArticleMetrolink chief Michael P. DePallo quits after two years
Metrolink's chief executive officer resigned Friday amid ongoing scrutiny of the six-county commuter railroad's operations, governance and financial controls. Michael P. DePallo, a former transit...
View ArticleMetrolink trains expand use of new safety measure
Metrolink trains Nick Ut / AP Passengers wait to board a Metrolink train at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. A new safety measure is being expanded on the commuter system. (Nick Ut / AP) By Larry...
View ArticleMetrolink to roll out collision avoidance system
The Metrolink passenger railroad Thursday will become the first commuter service in the nation to roll out a sophisticated collision avoidance system designed to overcome human error. Had so-called...
View ArticleNew Metrolink chief to focus on customer service, lower fares
Art Leahy, the new chief executive of the Metrolink commuter railroad, said after his appointment Friday that he wanted to fix customer service problems and experiment with lower fares to build...
View ArticleMetrolink Initiates Demonstration of Life Saving Positive Train Control In...
(Source: Southern California Regional Rail Authority) Metrolink becomes first commuter rail system to implement I-ETMS® interoperable predictive collision-avoidance technology LOS ANGELES - Senator...
View ArticleMetrolink operating life-saving Positive Train Control technology on 341...
(Source: Metrolink - Southern California Regional Rail Authority) LOS ANGELES - Metrolink launched Positive Train Control (PTC) in Revenue Service Demonstration (RSD) across the entire 341-mile network...
View ArticleSafety system for Metrolink trains advances
A sophisticated safety system that could have prevented the deadly Chatsworth train crash in 2008 is now protecting Metrolink passenger trains that travel on all tracks owned by the commuter railroad...
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