NJ Transit is spending another $19 million on Positive Train Control, a federally-mandated safety system that stops trains that speed or ignore signals. The work will keep the system current with ...

Requirements for safety-relevant Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) for train operators are becoming more common around the world. The evolution toward safety-relevant HMIs for train control is already ...

Adopting advanced network observability systems that leverage packet-level intelligence is a crucial step in mitigating risk ...

In transit control centers, dispatchers rely on multi-monitor displays and video walls as they manage the movement of trains traversing the nation’s rail systems. This universal technology ...

FILE PHOTO: Behind Greece's mass protests, a generation of scandal, and anger (This April 28 story has been corrected to clarify that the entire train fleet on the main rail axis, not the entire train ...

OAKVILLE, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Siemens Mobility has been selected by TransitNEXT, a wholly owned subsidiary of SNC Lavalin, to provide the Signaling and Train Control (S&TC) Systems for Ottawa’s ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Transit Authority and other subway-based systems have what amounts to a safety exemption that gives them a pass from a federally-required technology called "Positive Train ...

Next-Gen Train Control, the communications, signaling, and advanced technology conference presented by Railway Age, has changed its name to Next-Gen Rail Systems to reflect the evolving state of rail ...

The scene of the train derailment on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, after a northbound Amtrak train crashed in the Port Richmond area of Philadelphia Tuesday night. (TNS) — Amtrak Train 188 was traveling at ...

The complex and demanding railway transportation sector requires computer hardware and software that is secure, durable and offers high performance. Many of the currently evolving technologies in the ...

Freight and passenger railroads are closing in on their target of having collision-preventing automatic train control systems up and running on their routes by the congressionally mandated deadline of ...

WTF?! Joining the list of organizations still using archaic technology is the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which has a train control system still reliant on floppy disks.