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  • 2024-28284 — The National Railroad Passenger Corporation's Request To Amend Its Positive Train Control Safety Plan and Positive Train Control System
    Type:Notice
    Citation:89 FR 95901
    Reading Time:about 3 minutes

    The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has announced that the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) is seeking to amend its Positive Train Control Safety Plan. Amtrak wants to increase the maximum speed of its trains from 150 miles per hour to 160 miles per hour. The FRA is inviting public comments on this request before December 23, 2024. The proposed changes involve Amtrak’s Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System II and may lead to modifications of existing train control systems.

    Simple Explanation

    Amtrak, the train company, wants to make its trains go a little bit faster, from 150 miles an hour to 160 miles an hour, and people can tell the train safety group what they think about this idea until December 23, 2024.

  • 2021-03486 — Petition for Waiver of Compliance
    Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 10615
    Reading Time:about 2 minutes

    Norfolk Southern Corporation (NS) has submitted a petition to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to waive certain rules related to train control systems on a section of their railway. They want permission to use locomotives equipped with positive train control (PTC) but not cab signal systems in specific areas. The public is encouraged to submit comments regarding this petition, and the government will consider all communications received by April 8, 2021. Comments will be made available online for public review.

    Simple Explanation

    Norfolk Southern, a train company, is asking for special permission to use certain train safety systems differently on their tracks, and people have until April 8, 2021, to say what they think about this request.