Four Biggest US Railroads Committed To PTC Interoperability
Four of North America’s leading rail freight companies have announced their intention to to establish interoperability standards for Positive Train Control (PTC), a critical component to safely implementing PTC technology across all rail systems.
Union Pacific Corporation, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation and Norfolk Southern Corporation were joined by CSX in reaching an agreement to establish the interoperability standard, the standard enabling the establishment of predictive collision avoidance technology that can stop a train before an accident occurs.
"The development and testing of positive train control systems has made great progress in the past decade,” said Carl Ice, the Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer of Burlington North Santa Fe. “The railroad industry is committed to continuously improving safety by developing and implementing proven, effective technologies that can operate across multiple railroads and rail lines, and this agreement is essential to that process.”
Additionally, Union Pacific announced intentions to implement new PTC technologies in the Los Angeles area by 2012.
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