The Metrolink Board of Directors approved a contract on Friday for a positive train control system to prevent future collisions. The press release from Metrolink is below; Metro is one of the five local transportation agencies that funds Metrolink. Positive Train Control Moves Ahead at Metrolink Board of Directors Authorizes [continue reading]
The Board of Directors of Metrolink are scheduled Friday to vote on a contract worth up to $120 million for the installation of a positive train control system. The contract would be with Parsons Transportation Group. The technology was created to prevent trains from colliding. Metrolink has been pursuing such [continue reading]
As many of you already know, two teenagers who were apparently walking on railroad tracks were struck and killed by a Metrolink train early this morning in southern Orange County. Here’s the L.A. Times’ story. The tragic accident has caused service interruptions in Orange County. The best way to receive [continue reading]
photos by Ken Szok, via Flickr Ken posted this nice pair of photos on Metro’s Flickr group. The top photo is Metrolink train 707 departing Fullerton in March on the last day of winter. The photo at right was taken at the San Bernardino station. The photos were taken with [continue reading]
We posted yesterday that the state was on the verge of approving $46 million in funding for positive train control, a computer-based system designed to keep trains providing. It’s a system that Metrolink has sought since the tragic crash in Chatsworth in Sept. 2008 that killed 25. More funding is [continue reading]
The California Transportation Commission is scheduled to vote this week on $91 million in state funding for the Colton Crossing project — a vote that also has implications for the anti-collision rail safety project known as positive train control (PTC). The Commission meets Wednesday and Thursday in Sacramento; here’s the [continue reading]
In case you missed it, here’s the news from Metrolink about fare hikes and service cuts. The gist of it: as part of approving Metrolink’s annual budget, the agency’s Board of Directors also took steps toward eliminating two midday trains each on the San Bernardino and Ventura lines and toward [continue reading]
In an effort to increase public safety Metrolink has announced that Amtrak will take over operations of its commuter rail system this summer. Amtrak’s experience, safety record and level of service are cited as reasons for the new partnership. The contract has Amtrak operating Metrolink trains for the next four [continue reading]
The National Transportation Safety Board has posted presentations explaining its investigative findings of the Metrolink crash in Sept. 2008 that killed 25 on its website. There are several presentations, including an introduction and a review of signaling issues associated with the crash.
The National Transportation Safety Board is meeting this morning in Washington D.C. to consider a draft of the final report on the Sept. 2008 Metrolink accident in Chatsworth that killed 25 people when a Metrolink train collided head-on with a Union Pacific freight train. The draft report concludes that the [continue reading]
