The United States Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) said yesterday it has published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) focused on regulations related to Positive ...

The railroad industry has installed an automatic braking system on nearly 58,000 miles of track where it is required ahead of a yearend deadline, federal regulators said Tuesday.Federal Railroad ...

A widespread issue with Positive Train Control has impacted nearly every Metra rail line on Tuesday afternoon. According to Metra’s website, PTC issues have halted all inbound and outbound trains out ...

Metra commuters could face significant delays during the Wednesday evening rush due to a systemwide positive train control issue. Positive train control systems are designed to automatically stop ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra has resolved a system-wide outage impacting safety technology, and trains are operating with delays on Tuesday evening. A Metra spokesperson said a positive train control outage ...

Trains on numerous Metra lines were delayed Wednesday due to issues with Positive Train Control systems, the agency said. According to an alert sent out just before 6 p.m., those issues were causing ...