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 ...

Software issues are being blamed for the latest delay by NJ Transit to implement a $302-million positive train control (PTC) system. Parsons, the agency’s primary PTC contractor, reported that ...

PTC is one component of Communication Based Train Control, described as a more comprehensive signal system that is currently being installed to replace a fixed-block system that limits the movement of ...

Rail transportation is costly to operate and requires heavy fixed-capital investment in track construction and maintenance. As demand grows, rail system operators can invest in network expansion by ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Metra users are used to alerts after a week full of weather-related schedule changes, but commuters will start hearing a new message that might cause some confusion, and has nothing to ...

With its planned acquisition of Frauscher Sensortechnik, Wabtec is pushing further into the train control market, and it ...

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Metrorail has implemented improvements to its automatic train control and signals program, but “is not carrying out some key safety commitments,” ...

Although there has been a recent rash of passenger train accidents, the number of accidents involving Amtrak is trending downward. The company has even gone so far as to install the latest so-called ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The MTA says the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North will have positive train control (PTC) fully in place by the end of the year. The safety system can slow down a train's ...

Neil Smith has been trying to get the railroad industry to listen since 2012, but it took a CISA warning to get there Updated When independent security researcher Neil Smith reported a vulnerability ...