In its latest report on positive train control, the Federal Railroad Administration said all railroads required to do so by the end of the year are currently operating PTC systems in revenue service or advanced field testing.
“Full implementation of PTC is in sight, owing to everyone’s unparalleled cooperation and determination,” said FRA Administrator Ronald Batory.
Through Sept. 30 PTC was activated on all but 223 required route miles.
Federal law has set a Dec. 31 deadline for implementation of PTC systems.
The FRA said PTC is operating in advanced field testing, also known as revenue service demonstration, on 57,314 route miles or 99.6 percent of the 57,537 route miles subject to federal law.
PTC is in place on all PTC-mandated main lines owned or controlled by Class I railroads and other freight host railroads.
In the third quarter of 2020 PTC was in place on 92.3 percent of commuter railroads covered by the mandate.
Amtrak said a PTC system is now operating on all mandated main lines that the railroad owns or controls.
Interoperability of PTC systems has reached 84 percent of the 219 applicable host-tenant railroad relationships. This means that the PTC system of tenant railroads are compatible with the PTC system of the host railroad.
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