(TNS) — San Francisco transportation officials moved a step closer this past week to modernizing the train control system that runs the Muni Metro system, eventually ridding it of a system that uses ...

Trains have been delayed on every Metra commuter line in the Chicago area during the Tuesday evening rush, due to a positive train control system outage. Metra officials said, beginning around 5 p.m., ...

Metro plans to return to automatic train operation (ATO) for the first time in 15 years by the end of the year, which the transit agency says will offer a smoother, quicker ride. No Metro customer has ...

San Francisco transit officials have approved a $212 million overhaul of its aging train control system — which for decades has run on data stored by floppy disks. The Municipal Transportation Agency ...

Todd Feurer is a web producer for CBS Chicago. He has previously written for WBBM Newsradio, WUIS-FM and the New City News Service. Metra commuters could face significant delays during the Wednesday ...

The Amtrak Downeaster train route in southern Maine will be getting a $51 million upgrade that includes automated technology to improve safety. Amtrak and CSX Transportation, in partnership with the ...

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Track circuits are legacy (“old” or “traditional”) technology—or are they? That’s a topic to be explored at Next-Gen Rail Systems, the communications, signaling and advanced technology conference ...